---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sale City, City of; staggered, four-year terms of office for city council; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Sale City, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4568), as amended, so as to provide for staggered, four-year terms of office for the city council; to provide for four-year terms of office for the mayor; to provide for the manner of election and transitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 204"
citation: "Georgia HB 204 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Powell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-05"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59d47f49-6989-4336-b281-a5169ae4261b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a7e495eea0b37e45681b57096894994f949cb3a426d72af07cd53db001721655"
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 204 (2013_14) — Sale City, City of; staggered, four-year terms of office for city council; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Sale City, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4568), as amended, so as to provide for staggered, four-year terms of office for the city council; to provide for four-year terms of office for the mayor; to provide for the manner of election and transitions; 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 204/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131959.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6523/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129746.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-05** House Hopper
- **2013-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 40 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59d47f49-6989-4336-b281-a5169ae4261b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).