---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazlehurst, City of; provide a new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Hazlehurst; to provide for severability; 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 637"
citation: "Georgia HB 637 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominic LaRiccia", "Greg Morris", "Jimmy Pruett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-19"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c9929e4-c931-40e2-86b8-13bae25c1cfb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e456958b36dfcdcd301def00e81b0b716b03eae305d42e1355e1f0f60ee6fed0"
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 637 (2015_16) — Hazlehurst, City of; provide a new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Hazlehurst; to provide for severability; 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 637/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152776.pdf)
2. **LC 43 0137/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151635.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar Without HB 627 — **113–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- Greg Morris — primary (person)
- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-19** House Hopper
- **2015-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 277 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c9929e4-c931-40e2-86b8-13bae25c1cfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).