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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Jesup, City of; board of commissioners; provide staggered terms"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 16, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, so as to provide for staggered terms for the board of commissioners; to provide for the conduct of municipal elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 1043"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1043 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Chad Nimmer"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-03-12"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35e1ce10-c475-4204-9be4-4a95651abf23"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "fb7f0d66387ee9a7e3c9b24ab3b63440c4eb75fd95ceaef6b96bfb33beb8ad56"
+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 1043 (2017_18) — Jesup, City of; board of commissioners; provide staggered terms
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 16, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, so as to provide for staggered terms for the board of commissioners; to provide for the conduct of municipal elections; 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.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
+- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-12** House Hopper
+- **2018-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2018-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Act 516 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35e1ce10-c475-4204-9be4-4a95651abf23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+