---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarksville, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Clarkesville; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for general powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, and qualifications; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to repeal a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1115"
citation: "Georgia HB 1115 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Rogers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-03-05"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8738609b-3090-4d1c-bbe9-faf371cb1595"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b4381ded10ac2ede677ca0622746711edb627041f2510ed86b10c83b0a2ee791"
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 1115 (2019_20) — Clarksville, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Clarkesville; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for general powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, and qualifications; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to repeal a specific Act; 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. **HB 1115/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194399.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0279/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192335.pdf)
3. **LC 47 0564S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193477.pdf)
4. **LC 47 0564S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193475.pdf)
5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192413.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-05** House Hopper
- **2020-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 421 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8738609b-3090-4d1c-bbe9-faf371cb1595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).