republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-799.md

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Bill	Hoschton, City of; manner of election of the mayor and councilmembers; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hoschton, Georgia, approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3539), so as to provide for the manner of election of the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 799	Georgia HB 799 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Tommy Benton	2	13	1	2016-01-21	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/19a4806e-2933-47d4-a4ca-05439bb974f2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ae9414aa4dc9bfcf3b92f5ecc8a6264056eb300df44513d69ba5553f80b46181	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 799 (2015_16) — Hoschton, City of; manner of election of the mayor and councilmembers; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hoschton, Georgia, approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3539), so as to provide for the manner of election of the mayor and councilmembers; 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 799/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 7825/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 154–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tommy Benton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-21 House Hopper
• 2016-01-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-01-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-01-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-01-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-01-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 447 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19a4806e-2933-47d4-a4ca-05439bb974f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).