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type: "Bill"
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title: "City of Vidalia Convention and Visitor's Bureau Authority; create"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Vidalia Convention and Visitor's Bureau Authority as a public body corporate and politic, a political subdivision of the state, and a public corporation, to have the responsibility and authority to promote tourism, trade, and conventions in the City of Vidalia, Georgia; to provide for creation and organization of the authority; to provide for a purpose; to provide for powers, duties, and authority; to provide for a board of directors, membership, terms of office, and removal from office; to provide for an executive director and his or her duties and powers; to provide for meetings; to limit liability; to provide for a budget and finances; to provide for oversight; to provide that the city not be bound; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 1127"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1127 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Greg Morris"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-03-07"
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last_action: "2016-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aa49125-fe8d-409a-aa0e-ab7947cb9127"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "68f2a4993130994674a6a264f9f2dff1a828bc110488881b18da7b8ce97bf330"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 1127 (2015_16) — City of Vidalia Convention and Visitor's Bureau Authority; create
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Vidalia Convention and Visitor's Bureau Authority as a public body corporate and politic, a political subdivision of the state, and a public corporation, to have the responsibility and authority to promote tourism, trade, and conventions in the City of Vidalia, Georgia; to provide for creation and organization of the authority; to provide for a purpose; to provide for powers, duties, and authority; to provide for a board of directors, membership, terms of office, and removal from office; to provide for an executive director and his or her duties and powers; to provide for meetings; to limit liability; to provide for a budget and finances; to provide for oversight; to provide that the city not be bound; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 1127/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161115.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 0131/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159569.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **158–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Greg Morris — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-03-07** House Hopper
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- **2016-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 581 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6aa49125-fe8d-409a-aa0e-ab7947cb9127`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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