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type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled \"An Act to create a board of county commissioners for the county of Jackson,\" approved December 18, 1901 (Ga. L. 1901, p. 257), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 3570) and an Act approved May 18, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 4030), so as to add a fifth district commissioner to said board; to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the election of the chairperson and members of the board of county commissioners; to revise majority vote and quorum provisions; to revise purchasing provisions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for effective dates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1116"
citation: "Georgia HB 1116 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07c7647d-de6c-4f7f-92d8-eec95084da84"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ab0b3be40308699c0280dd57251305f9fdffe4f50ad031f5e236bb677a8e5471"
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 1116 (2021_22) — Jackson County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to create a board of county commissioners for the county of Jackson," approved December 18, 1901 (Ga. L. 1901, p. 257), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 3570) and an Act approved May 18, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 4030), so as to add a fifth district commissioner to said board; to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the election of the chairperson and members of the board of county commissioners; to revise majority vote and quorum provisions; to revise purchasing provisions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for effective dates; 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 1116/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206146.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1397/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204518.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204797.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **148–7** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-01** House Hopper
- **2022-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-10** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-03-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-02** Act 539 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-02** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07c7647d-de6c-4f7f-92d8-eec95084da84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).