---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jesup, City of; change description of election districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 15, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 561"
citation: "Georgia HB 561 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Delvis Dutton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-07"
last_action: "2013-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca3dcb9-b683-4b4b-b81b-addb7d569a6a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0d6ff9f9466ee96a713d16e1d3f0f0f33556209e2e76617d52972e18be4d9965"
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 561 (2013_14) — Jesup, City of; change description of election districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 15, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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 561/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136608.pdf)
2. **LC 39 0413/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133690.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar Without HBs 380, 594, 598, 604 — **159–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Delvis Dutton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-07** House Hopper
- **2013-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-21** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2013-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Act 119 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca3dcb9-b683-4b4b-b81b-addb7d569a6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).