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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hamilton, City of; resident of the city to being domiciled in such city; change provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hamilton, approved April 10, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014, p. 4118), so as to change provisions related to residing or being a resident of the city to being domiciled in such city; to provide that the failure of the mayor to regularly attend city council meetings shall be considered forfeiture of office; to eliminate the position of the city manager; to transfer certain duties from the city manager to the mayor; to fix a cross-reference; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 1121"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1121 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Buckner", "John Pezold"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-03-07"
+last_action: "2016-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c606b52-98cd-4fec-8bbb-47a6c97bf250"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "38c21012d4cdedfe33fba171e2f92df7dab754f4f9590721aa32fd01cd729b2b"
+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 1121 (2015_16) — Hamilton, City of; resident of the city to being domiciled in such city; change provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hamilton, approved April 10, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014, p. 4118), so as to change provisions related to residing or being a resident of the city to being domiciled in such city; to provide that the failure of the mayor to regularly attend city council meetings shall be considered forfeiture of office; to eliminate the position of the city manager; to transfer certain duties from the city manager to the mayor; to fix a cross-reference; 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 1121/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162471.pdf)
+2. **LC 43 0304ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159517.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **158–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
+- John Pezold — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-03-07** House Hopper
+- **2016-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Act 575 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c606b52-98cd-4fec-8bbb-47a6c97bf250`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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