republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-553.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Forsyth, City of; provide a new charter	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Forsyth; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and property of the city; service charges, and assessments; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide an effective date; to provide a specific repealer; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 553	Georgia HB 553 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Allen Peake Robert Dickey Susan Holmes	2	13	1	2015-03-04	2015-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/124dec48-d36a-4fe2-b4fb-f047292f2e26	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2e6124ff47a0a5762dedd4a9d5521eacd27102bc2a3cd9664056f8cac7dd1654	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 553 (2015_16) — Forsyth, City of; provide a new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Forsyth; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and property of the city; service charges, and assessments; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide an effective date; to provide a specific repealer; 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 553/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 43 0087/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 165–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Allen Peake — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Susan Holmes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-04 House Hopper
• 2015-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-11 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-19 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Act 68 executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/124dec48-d36a-4fe2-b4fb-f047292f2e26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).