republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-1147.md

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Bill	Byron Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; staff; revise provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Byron Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority, approved April 4, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3921), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 11, 2009 (Ga. l. 2009, p. 4149), so as to revise the provisions regarding staff of the authority; to provide for the manner of appointment of a director; to provide for the duties of the director; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 1147	Georgia HB 1147 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Heath Clark Robert Dickey	2	13	1	2016-03-14	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/873cbf20-3462-4707-b13a-c271d83ab4c8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	878e9b00c792cb13cec5b499327a98a1b8e1bbe56ebbe06ea7d700fcf85d797b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1147 (2015_16) — Byron Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; staff; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Byron Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority, approved April 4, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3921), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 11, 2009 (Ga. l. 2009, p. 4149), so as to revise the provisions regarding staff of the authority; to provide for the manner of appointment of a director; to provide for the duties of the director; 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 1147/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 8052ER/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 163–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Heath Clark — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-03-14 House Hopper
• 2016-03-14 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-16 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-16 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 591 executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/873cbf20-3462-4707-b13a-c271d83ab4c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).