---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clermont, Town of; completely revise charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Clermont in Hall County, approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4782), as amended, so as to completely revise such charter; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 400"
citation: "Georgia HB 400 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee Hawkins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-19"
last_action: "2015-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99a3a39b-ec6d-4fd5-9b32-c2d931e84ed3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9227c15e339b440d80e6446a16e4b0ef1f6528a3911bdb6872b57b697ce9c286"
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 400 (2015_16) — Clermont, Town of; completely revise charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Clermont in Hall County, approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4782), as amended, so as to completely revise such charter; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for effective dates; 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 400/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150289.pdf)
2. **LC 21 3568/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148499.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-19** House Hopper
- **2015-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 162 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99a3a39b-ec6d-4fd5-9b32-c2d931e84ed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).