---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson, City of; provide for a city manager"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jackson, approved September 21, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995 Ex. Sess, p. 269), so as to provide for a city manager; to provide for the appointment, removal, powers, and duties of the city manager; to revise the powers and duties the mayor; provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1593"
citation: "Georgia HB 1593 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clint Crowe", "Susan Holmes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-22"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b27ee63-35c1-40a3-9483-2b11591df9f1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5b1344297de96239b44cb09c670b446f1e04909ac829a1e569b7a6c4f4eeeae7"
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 1593 (2021_22) — Jackson, City of; provide for a city manager

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jackson, approved September 21, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995 Ex. Sess, p. 269), so as to provide for a city manager; to provide for the appointment, removal, powers, and duties of the city manager; to revise the powers and duties the mayor; provide for related matters; 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 1593/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210988.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1666/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209969.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209989.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **148–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
- Susan Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-22** House Hopper
- **2022-03-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** 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 693 `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/6b27ee63-35c1-40a3-9483-2b11591df9f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).