---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jesup, City of; board of commissioners; provide staggered terms"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 16, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, so as to provide for staggered terms for the board of commissioners; to provide for the conduct of municipal elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 1043"
citation: "Georgia HB 1043 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Chad Nimmer"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-12"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35e1ce10-c475-4204-9be4-4a95651abf23"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fb7f0d66387ee9a7e3c9b24ab3b63440c4eb75fd95ceaef6b96bfb33beb8ad56"
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 1043 (2017_18) — Jesup, City of; board of commissioners; provide staggered terms

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 16, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, so as to provide for staggered terms for the board of commissioners; to provide for the conduct of municipal elections; 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-12** House Hopper
- **2018-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 516 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35e1ce10-c475-4204-9be4-4a95651abf23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).