---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jesup, City of; Board of Commissioners; reapportion election districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 16, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 30, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3997), so as to reapportion the city board of commissioners election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "Georgia HB 159 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy DeLoach", "Steven Meeks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d2eaeea-12d7-4bba-aeac-89936e70f59e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1fa30d4bcb2e3166793b74b0e899de11df3c49859eb27320eedd7d6cef19ede0"
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 159 (2023_24) — Jesup, City of; Board of Commissioners; reapportion election districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 16, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 30, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3997), so as to reapportion the city board of commissioners election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for an effective date; to 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 159/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215226.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1977/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213235.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213321.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #46 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #18 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
- Steven Meeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 109 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d2eaeea-12d7-4bba-aeac-89936e70f59e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).