---
type: "Bill"
title: "Griffin, City of; provide for mayor and mayor pro tem"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Griffin, approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 4232), as amended, so as to provide for a mayor and a mayor pro tem; to provide for the duties and powers of the mayor and mayor pro tem; to provide for the election and qualifications of the mayor and how to fill vacancies in the office of mayor; to provide for quorums; to provide for procedures; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum and contingent effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 911"
citation: "Georgia HB 911 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Karen Mathiak"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a68cf9c-d4c5-4950-a931-0c2775ee87f8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6dfcee60ecb49122855528b8c2738f60c20022eb21f34fa7e43c5c79e79a4355"
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 911 (2017_18) — Griffin, City of; provide for mayor and mayor pro tem

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Griffin, approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 4232), as amended, so as to provide for a mayor and a mayor pro tem; to provide for the duties and powers of the mayor and mayor pro tem; to provide for the election and qualifications of the mayor and how to fill vacancies in the office of mayor; to provide for quorums; to provide for procedures; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum and contingent effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Postponed Local Calendar — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Knight — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** House Hopper
- **2018-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23** House Postponed
- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-19** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-20** Act 288 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-20** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a68cf9c-d4c5-4950-a931-0c2775ee87f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).