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type: "Bill"
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title: "Waycross, City of; rename the police court as the municipal court"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Waycross, approved August 17, 1909 (Ga. L. 1909, p. 1456), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 13, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 4916), an Act approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6055), and an Act approved April 4, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3814), so as to rename the police court as the municipal court and provide new provisions for the operation of that court; 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 254"
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citation: "Georgia HB 254 (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: ["Chad Nimmer", "Jason Shaw", "Jason Spencer", "John Corbett"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-09"
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last_action: "2015-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c02309a3-d98c-44e0-a5c5-04c3e0c27b55"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "209a76245bbda7aec64dd38ea1c38a65a253ed4e03a1535be057c6e6db15c2b9"
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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 254 (2015_16) — Waycross, City of; rename the police court as the municipal court
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Waycross, approved August 17, 1909 (Ga. L. 1909, p. 1456), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 13, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 4916), an Act approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6055), and an Act approved April 4, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3814), so as to rename the police court as the municipal court and provide new provisions for the operation of that court; 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 254/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151770.pdf)
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2. **LC 43 0071ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147071.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 43 0135S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151372.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
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- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
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- Jason Spencer — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 129 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** 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/c02309a3-d98c-44e0-a5c5-04c3e0c27b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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