---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kennesaw, City of; powers and duties of the mayor; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Kennesaw, approved May 6, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 4234), as amended, so as to revise the powers and duties of the mayor; to provide for the removal of officers under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1111"
citation: "Georgia HB 1111 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Don Parsons", "Earl Ehrhart", "Ed Setzler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-29"
last_action: "2016-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d6eeb74-427f-4d1b-95a7-0cc7367aa76e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1426520e4a34c0b91929c8fcb84de783860656facbde326a7cd18d3698cc31da"
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 1111 (2015_16) — Kennesaw, City of; powers and duties of the mayor; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Kennesaw, approved May 6, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 4234), as amended, so as to revise the powers and duties of the mayor; to provide for the removal of officers under certain circumstances; 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 1111/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162083.pdf)
2. **LC 28 8041/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159326.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar Without HB 1110 & SB 343 — **163–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Don Parsons — primary (person)
- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
- Ed Setzler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-29** House Hopper
- **2016-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-28** Act 511 `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-28** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d6eeb74-427f-4d1b-95a7-0cc7367aa76e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).