republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-561.md

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Bill	Jesup, City of; change description of election districts	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 15, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 561	Georgia HB 561 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Chad Nimmer Delvis Dutton	2	14	1	2013-03-07	2013-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/3ca3dcb9-b683-4b4b-b81b-addb7d569a6a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0d6ff9f9466ee96a713d16e1d3f0f0f33556209e2e76617d52972e18be4d9965	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 561 (2013_14) — Jesup, City of; change description of election districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 15, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, so as to change the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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 561/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 0413/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar Without HBs 380, 594, 598, 604 — 159–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
• Delvis Dutton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-07 House Hopper
• 2013-03-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-21 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2013-03-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-30 Act 119 executive-signature
• 2013-04-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ca3dcb9-b683-4b4b-b81b-addb7d569a6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).