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type: "Bill"
title: "Chatham County; governing authority; provide additional power of the board to censure members"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act completely revising the laws relative to the governing authority of Chatham County, approved March 29, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 5050), as amended, so as to provide for an additional power of the board to censure members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1051"
citation: "Georgia HB 1051 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Bob Bryant", "J. Craig Gordon", "Jesse Petrea", "Mickey Stephens", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04e686ae-6ba6-4842-b37f-1c6b6fecfc0b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "edbd4c62c31bcb6dc36e46bf715be335836e5a97585e3337ae053f41d5b1be1e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 1051 (2015_16) — Chatham County; governing authority; provide additional power of the board to censure members
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act completely revising the laws relative to the governing authority of Chatham County, approved March 29, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 5050), as amended, so as to provide for an additional power of the board to censure members; 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 1051/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160514.pdf)
2. **LC 44 0074/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157950.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **151–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Bob Bryant — primary (person)
- J. Craig Gordon — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Mickey Stephens — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-18** House Hopper
- **2016-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 565 `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04e686ae-6ba6-4842-b37f-1c6b6fecfc0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).