---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jefferson, City of; fully replace current charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Jefferson, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3940), as amended, so as to fully replace the current charter; to provide for eminent domain; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1469"
citation: "Georgia HB 1469 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06234160-1106-4426-9fe4-ffd3288f43f6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "64c9718a9771c53b49f6177d6123c873b71c2f0cc4f92c990b1d3d50facb22a3"
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 1469 (2021_22) — Jefferson, City of; fully replace current charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Jefferson, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3940), as amended, so as to fully replace the current charter; to provide for eminent domain; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for severability; 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 1469/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209213.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1674/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207782.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207867.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **147–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tommy Benton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28** House Hopper
- **2022-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 663 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06234160-1106-4426-9fe4-ffd3288f43f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).