republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-548.md

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Bill	Smyrna, City of; change description of wards	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Smyrna, approved August 27, 1931 (Ga. L. 1931, p. 955), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 31, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 3023), so as to to change the description of the wards; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for manner of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 548	Georgia HB 548 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	David Wilkerson Don Parsons Ed Setzler John Carson Rich Golick Stacey Evans	2	13	1	2013-03-05	2013-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/4dce4104-3834-44d3-8920-83b21dbeedeb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	139e40a65522e16639913f4ffe64a9505dfa556bdabfe6f8a61229f13030fda9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 548 (2013_14) — Smyrna, City of; change description of wards

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Smyrna, approved August 27, 1931 (Ga. L. 1931, p. 955), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 31, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 3023), so as to to change the description of the wards; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for manner of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 548/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6614/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar 3-13-13 — 164–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Wilkerson — primary (person)
• Don Parsons — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• John Carson — primary (person)
• Rich Golick — primary (person)
• Stacey Evans — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2013-03-05 House Hopper
• 2013-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-13 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-30 Act 114 executive-signature
• 2013-04-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4dce4104-3834-44d3-8920-83b21dbeedeb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).