---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marshallville, City of; filling a vacancy in the office of mayor or councilmember; revise manner"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Marshallville in Macon County, approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 3993), so as to revise the manner of filling a vacancy in the office of mayor or councilmember; 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 181"
citation: "Georgia HB 181 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patty Bentley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-02"
last_action: "2015-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a6ceddf-e008-4490-8f06-c9e54d8b69b7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "79827330bad6f83bccbda22420a6f1dd8187f75084205206294f0c65e15af52e"
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 181 (2015_16) — Marshallville, City of; filling a vacancy in the office of mayor or councilmember; revise manner

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Marshallville in Macon County, approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 3993), so as to revise the manner of filling a vacancy in the office of mayor or councilmember; 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 181/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148370.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7284/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146571.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patty Bentley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-02** House Hopper
- **2015-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-04-29** Act 30 `executive-signature`
- **2015-04-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a6ceddf-e008-4490-8f06-c9e54d8b69b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).