---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blakely, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Blakely; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1082"
citation: "Georgia HB 1082 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-23"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26309054-f3ce-4db1-ad1c-d59ee7ad4535"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3220ea75c98ec32424e07144598afe74adad2949506f0789e6f790afaea45d2a"
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 1082 (2015_16) — Blakely, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Blakely; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; to provide 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 1082/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160414.pdf)
2. **LC 40 1105/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158459.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **153–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerald Greene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-23** House Hopper
- **2016-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 545 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26309054-f3ce-4db1-ad1c-d59ee7ad4535`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).