---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Stockbridge; provide for a city manager; selection, appointment, qualifications, compensation, and removal"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Stockbridge, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4359), as amended, so as to provide for a city manager; to provide for manner of selection, appointment, qualifications, compensation, and removal; to provide for an acting city manager; to provide for powers and duties; 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: "SB 361"
citation: "Georgia SB 361 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emanuel Jones", "Rick Jeffares"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-10"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb791369-25c8-4790-a0ae-b39a767a53ba"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a401f9ccfa4259524b7750800a667c7dcec45166faded5b52ffdb786b0f2658c"
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 SB 361 (2015_16) — City of Stockbridge; provide for a city manager; selection, appointment, qualifications, compensation, and removal

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Stockbridge, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4359), as amended, so as to provide for a city manager; to provide for manner of selection, appointment, qualifications, compensation, and removal; to provide for an acting city manager; to provide for powers and duties; 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. **As introduced LC 28 7907** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157148.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158426.pdf)
3. **SB 361 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157437.pdf)
4. **SB 361/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160227.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-10** Senate Hopper
- **2016-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-25** 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`
- **2016-03-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 391 `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/cb791369-25c8-4790-a0ae-b39a767a53ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).