republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-453.md

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Bill	Kingsland, City of; election of mayor and council by majority vote; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Kingsland in Camden County, Georgia, approved August 15, 1927 (Ga. L. 1927, p. 1241), as amended, so as to provide for election of the mayor and council by majority vote; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum; to provide for a contingent effective date; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 453	Georgia HB 453 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Jason Spencer John Corbett	2	13	1	2015-02-23	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/fd3c1937-1e2a-4a50-abbb-bceb894ccffe	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f40bd4b50cd28b42d91bce66f7b7084e44d5f2606a2e86f5aac4babf2eeb1d57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 453 (2015_16) — Kingsland, City of; election of mayor and council by majority vote; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Kingsland in Camden County, Georgia, approved August 15, 1927 (Ga. L. 1927, p. 1241), as amended, so as to provide for election of the mayor and council by majority vote; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum; to provide for a contingent effective date; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; 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 453/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 7389/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 166–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jason Spencer — primary (person)
• John Corbett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 House Hopper
• 2015-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-02-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 223 executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd3c1937-1e2a-4a50-abbb-bceb894ccffe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).