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type: "Bill"
title: "Kingsland, City of; election of mayor and council by majority vote; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Kingsland in Camden County, Georgia, approved August 15, 1927 (Ga. L. 1927, p. 1241), as amended, so as to provide for election of the mayor and council by majority vote; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum; to provide for a contingent effective date; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 453"
citation: "Georgia HB 453 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Spencer", "John Corbett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd3c1937-1e2a-4a50-abbb-bceb894ccffe"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f40bd4b50cd28b42d91bce66f7b7084e44d5f2606a2e86f5aac4babf2eeb1d57"
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 453 (2015_16) — Kingsland, City of; election of mayor and council by majority vote; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Kingsland in Camden County, Georgia, approved August 15, 1927 (Ga. L. 1927, p. 1241), as amended, so as to provide for election of the mayor and council by majority vote; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum; to provide for a contingent effective date; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; 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 453/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150299.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7389/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148946.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1660** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jason Spencer — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-23** House Hopper
- **2015-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 223 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd3c1937-1e2a-4a50-abbb-bceb894ccffe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).