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legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-242.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Americus, City of; requirement for city manager; remove"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Americus, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5985), as amended, so as to remove a requirement for city manager; to lengthen the contract term allowed for city manager; 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 242"
+citation: "Georgia HB 242 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Yearta", "Mike Cheokas"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-02"
+last_action: "2021-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0857bfb-b84d-4a4e-b3c9-b76edf422f10"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3417251c8910297057d91e28339e3d2c9e24b751bb343fc029e365cf0fec5da1"
+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 242 (2021_22) — Americus, City of; requirement for city manager; remove
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Americus, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5985), as amended, so as to remove a requirement for city manager; to lengthen the contract term allowed for city manager; 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 242/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197816.pdf)
+2. **LC 50 0132/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196540.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196556.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **123–41** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Yearta — primary (person)
+- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-02** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-08** House Postponed
+- **2021-02-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Act 51 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0857bfb-b84d-4a4e-b3c9-b76edf422f10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+