---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jersey, City of; terms of the members of the governing authority; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jersey, approved March 22, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4484), so as to change the terms of the members of the governing authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1081"
citation: "Georgia HB 1081 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-23"
last_action: "2016-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/850eae3d-30e4-4cd3-bd10-45a6ed197f8c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "77ecbb87d0eb0b3b992eed4602e19b76e96f4e384f7836ce1579b19ee6312f5b"
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 1081 (2015_16) — Jersey, City of; terms of the members of the governing authority; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jersey, approved March 22, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4484), so as to change the terms of the members of the governing authority; 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 1081/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160413.pdf)
2. **LC 44 0099/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158454.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **153–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-23** House Hopper
- **2016-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 544 `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/850eae3d-30e4-4cd3-bd10-45a6ed197f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).