---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hull, Town of; revise terms of office and timing of elections for mayor and councilmembers"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hull, partly in Clarke County and partly in the county of Madison, Georgia, approved August 24, 1905 (Ga. L. 1905, p. 893), as amended, so as to revise the terms of office and timing of elections for the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for posts; to revise provisions related to the appointment of a mayor pro tem; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 985"
citation: "Georgia HB 985 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom McCall"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1dd871b-0d65-4c18-a6b2-c9604a228316"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e5ea6c12f32c5025a8891b17f4a62820bb15f0351776f6e2c0f0e5a807a1322b"
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 985 (2017_18) — Hull, Town of; revise terms of office and timing of elections for mayor and councilmembers

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hull, partly in Clarke County and partly in the county of Madison, Georgia, approved August 24, 1905 (Ga. L. 1905, p. 893), as amended, so as to revise the terms of office and timing of elections for the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for posts; to revise provisions related to the appointment of a mayor pro tem; 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendar — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tom McCall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** House Hopper
- **2018-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 496 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1dd871b-0d65-4c18-a6b2-c9604a228316`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).