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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Jesup, City of; change description of election districts"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 15, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; 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."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 561"
+citation: "Georgia HB 561 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Delvis Dutton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-03-07"
+last_action: "2013-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca3dcb9-b683-4b4b-b81b-addb7d569a6a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0d6ff9f9466ee96a713d16e1d3f0f0f33556209e2e76617d52972e18be4d9965"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 561 (2013_14) — Jesup, City of; change description of election districts
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 15, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; 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 561/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136608.pdf)
+2. **LC 39 0413/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133690.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar Without HBs 380, 594, 598, 604 — **159–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
+- Delvis Dutton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-03-07** House Hopper
+- **2013-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-03-21** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
+- **2013-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-04-30** Act 119 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-04-30** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca3dcb9-b683-4b4b-b81b-addb7d569a6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+