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type: "Bill"
title: "Jasper, City of; reincorporate and provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Jasper, Georgia; to provide for the corporate limits of the city, the powers of the city, and the form and method of government of the city; to provide for the administration of city affairs; to provide for the municipal court of the city; to provide for elections for city offices; to provide for taxation by the city; to provide for the financial management of the city; to provide for financial and fiscal affairs of the city; to provide for municipal services and regulatory functions; to provide general provisions; to provide for other matters relative thereto; to provide for specific repeal; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 685"
citation: "Georgia HB 685 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Jasperse"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d958e708-7012-458e-a816-e2ec5a2ca557"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "73c22ccb5b17c943a996cc3b04d3feb46de09d523e191d7ec88e5ae2581e9730"
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 685 (2021_22) — Jasper, City of; reincorporate and provide new charter
A BILL to be entitled an Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Jasper, Georgia; to provide for the corporate limits of the city, the powers of the city, and the form and method of government of the city; to provide for the administration of city affairs; to provide for the municipal court of the city; to provide for elections for city offices; to provide for taxation by the city; to provide for the financial management of the city; to provide for financial and fiscal affairs of the city; to provide for municipal services and regulatory functions; to provide general provisions; to provide for other matters relative thereto; to provide for specific repeal; to provide an effective date; 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 685/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200871.pdf)
2. **LC 46 0421/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199158.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199162.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **140–15** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-01** House Hopper
- **2021-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06** Act 239 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d958e708-7012-458e-a816-e2ec5a2ca557`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).