---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hamilton, City of; resident of the city to being domiciled in such city; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hamilton, approved April 10, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014, p. 4118), so as to change provisions related to residing or being a resident of the city to being domiciled in such city; to provide that the failure of the mayor to regularly attend city council meetings shall be considered forfeiture of office; to eliminate the position of the city manager; to transfer certain duties from the city manager to the mayor; to fix a cross-reference; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1121"
citation: "Georgia HB 1121 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Buckner", "John Pezold"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-03-07"
last_action: "2016-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c606b52-98cd-4fec-8bbb-47a6c97bf250"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "38c21012d4cdedfe33fba171e2f92df7dab754f4f9590721aa32fd01cd729b2b"
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 1121 (2015_16) — Hamilton, City of; resident of the city to being domiciled in such city; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hamilton, approved April 10, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014, p. 4118), so as to change provisions related to residing or being a resident of the city to being domiciled in such city; to provide that the failure of the mayor to regularly attend city council meetings shall be considered forfeiture of office; to eliminate the position of the city manager; to transfer certain duties from the city manager to the mayor; to fix a cross-reference; 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 1121/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162471.pdf)
2. **LC 43 0304ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159517.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- John Pezold — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-07** House Hopper
- **2016-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 575 `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c606b52-98cd-4fec-8bbb-47a6c97bf250`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).