---
type: "Bill"
title: "Warner Robins, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Warner Robins; to provide for construction and severability; to provide for related matters; to provide a specific repealer; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1247"
citation: "Georgia HB 1247 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danny Mathis", "Heath Clark", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Robert Dickey", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-22"
last_action: "2020-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7853eb4-21e8-4891-8b10-63b59533df01"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f7636253fe8c5fe9dd7a0a491ffd4f16833db4ab6d7ea821260cc2b1f29eaee0"
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 1247 (2019_20) — Warner Robins, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Warner Robins; to provide for construction and severability; to provide for related matters; 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.

1. **HB 1247/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195285.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0589/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194319.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194318.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 47 0606S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194848.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
- Heath Clark — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-22** House Hopper
- **2020-06-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2020-07-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Act 540 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7853eb4-21e8-4891-8b10-63b59533df01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).