---
type: "Bill"
title: "Camilla, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Camilla; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, powers, and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 772"
citation: "Georgia HB 772 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Powell"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d529e193-5ce3-457f-b5a5-1d1a9e4e7589"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "735345d5c49ad8c7f9e91ce2808a747c1458e0fb542c4b19036548b48400ecb7"
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 772 (2017_18) — Camilla, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Camilla; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, powers, and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; 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 — **131–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** House Hopper
- **2018-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** House Postponed
- **2018-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Act 338 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d529e193-5ce3-457f-b5a5-1d1a9e4e7589`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).