---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jeffersonville, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jeffersonville; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 1002"
citation: "Georgia HB 1002 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Epps"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-17"
last_action: "2014-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc3627c4-4469-49a2-9b38-611b7b773a83"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5c5f178929d1bd4c7da331b8b97c4e90583314039a581ef3d1cdeb16869ffbe3"
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 1002 (2013_14) — Jeffersonville, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jeffersonville; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; to provide for an effective date; 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 1002/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142614.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6914ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139818.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **156–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Epps — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-17** House Hopper
- **2014-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Act 397 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc3627c4-4469-49a2-9b38-611b7b773a83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).