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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pendergrass, City of; add two new members to city council"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Pendergrass, in the County of Jackson, approved December 30, 1890 (Ga. L. 1890-91, Vol. II, p. 681), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4755), so as to add two new members to the city council; to revise provisions governing quorums and overriding vetoes; to update reference to applicable state election law; to provide for initial and staggered terms of the new councilmembers; to provide for conflict of interest; to provide for holding of other offices; 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 740"
+citation: "Georgia HB 740 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tommy Benton"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-08"
+last_action: "2021-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0072cb04-80c8-4a37-93f9-3bd4024dab67"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "14ef662c4aa774c261b5180245161b1d97648d46d68cbe43d00595bca96c0773"
+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 740 (2021_22) — Pendergrass, City of; add two new members to city council
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Pendergrass, in the County of Jackson, approved December 30, 1890 (Ga. L. 1890-91, Vol. II, p. 681), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4755), so as to add two new members to the city council; to revise provisions governing quorums and overriding vetoes; to update reference to applicable state election law; to provide for initial and staggered terms of the new councilmembers; to provide for conflict of interest; to provide for holding of other offices; 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 740/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202048.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 0924/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199909.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199910.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **137–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-08** House Hopper
+- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Act 80 `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/0072cb04-80c8-4a37-93f9-3bd4024dab67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+