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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Byron Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; staff; revise provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Byron Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority, approved April 4, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3921), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 11, 2009 (Ga. l. 2009, p. 4149), so as to revise the provisions regarding staff of the authority; to provide for the manner of appointment of a director; to provide for the duties of the director; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 1147"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1147 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Heath Clark", "Robert Dickey"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-03-14"
+last_action: "2016-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/873cbf20-3462-4707-b13a-c271d83ab4c8"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "878e9b00c792cb13cec5b499327a98a1b8e1bbe56ebbe06ea7d700fcf85d797b"
+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 1147 (2015_16) — Byron Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; staff; revise provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Byron Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority, approved April 4, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3921), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 11, 2009 (Ga. l. 2009, p. 4149), so as to revise the provisions regarding staff of the authority; to provide for the manner of appointment of a director; to provide for the duties of the director; 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 1147/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162481.pdf)
+2. **LC 28 8052ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160317.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **163–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Heath Clark — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-03-14** House Hopper
+- **2016-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Act 591 `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/873cbf20-3462-4707-b13a-c271d83ab4c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+