---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enigma, City of; provide four-year terms for mayor and city council"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Enigma, approved April 9, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 5205), so as to provide for four-year terms for the mayor and city council; 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 340"
citation: "Georgia HB 340 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Penny Houston"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/925f969e-02d4-4b90-b926-9d5fef86b6f5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d4dee284a46e57ac3a7c49208ec342e9421978a59dc3fc3cff82e4e0cfb5e717"
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 340 (2013_14) — Enigma, City of; provide four-year terms for mayor and city council

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Enigma, approved April 9, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 5205), so as to provide for four-year terms for the mayor and city council; 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 340/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133090.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6528/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130859.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar Without HB 170 — **160–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Penny Houston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-13** House Hopper
- **2013-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-01** 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 74 `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/925f969e-02d4-4b90-b926-9d5fef86b6f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).