---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stockbridge, City of; corporate boundaries of the city; revise"
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 revise the corporate boundaries of the city; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum; to provide for contingent effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Georgia SB 262 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Jeffares"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-27"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75901a80-52bb-4361-be9d-b3ae5b1c4206"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "11c889cad7671d87360b378739a52fd63f2b0dcd9a449cc42357be6c74fa6e75"
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 262 (2017_18) — Stockbridge, City of; corporate boundaries of the city; revise

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 revise the corporate boundaries of the city; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum; to provide for contingent effective dates; 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

- SHALL THE RULING OF THE CHAIR BE SUSTAINED — **35–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27** Senate Hopper
- **2017-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Senate Notice to Reconsider
- **2018-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 559 `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/75901a80-52bb-4361-be9d-b3ae5b1c4206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).