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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Jonesboro, City of; governing authority; create districts for election of members"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jonesboro, approved April 4, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4056), as amended, so as to create districts for the election of members of the governing authority; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for method of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for elections by plurality; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 507"
+citation: "Georgia HB 507 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Demetrius Douglas", "Mike Glanton", "Rhonda Burnough", "Sandra Scott", "Valencia Stovall"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-27"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9e8e0be-ee66-4457-be21-d7c397682b24"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "51464bc7d70be5544f532caa5922ae0f53ec10c356268653927b7fa118d4a137"
+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 507 (2017_18) — Jonesboro, City of; governing authority; create districts for election of members
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jonesboro, approved April 4, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4056), as amended, so as to create districts for the election of members of the governing authority; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for method of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for elections by plurality; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 without HB 508 — **161–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
+- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
+- Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
+- Sandra Scott — primary (person)
+- Valencia Stovall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-27** House Hopper
+- **2017-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Veto V4 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9e8e0be-ee66-4457-be21-d7c397682b24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+