---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jonesboro, City of; change corporate limits"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jonesboro, approved April 4, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4056), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of such municipality; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 864"
citation: "Georgia HB 864 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Bazemore", "Demetrius Douglas", "Mike Glanton", "Rhonda Burnough"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34408c15-94ba-4c72-8231-3916432d9cd5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "74e3372211a1c95d80fa60a5718ccdb0d808a476550bd33629402531059ea535"
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 864 (2017_18) — Jonesboro, City of; change corporate limits

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jonesboro, approved April 4, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4056), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of such municipality; to provide for related matters; 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendar — **107–50** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
- Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** House Hopper
- **2018-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-02-15** 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 385 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34408c15-94ba-4c72-8231-3916432d9cd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).