---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cochran, City of; include mayor as a member of the governing authority"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Cochran, approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5162), so as to include the mayor as a member of the governing authority of the city; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1132"
citation: "Georgia HB 1132 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danny Mathis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-03-09"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0fd48f0-7bda-4377-b29d-50b0c67fb258"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "64ef8f63ba19c9e404941334874e12976e49094a7cd4ca6a56ff750e3458354f"
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 1132 (2019_20) — Cochran, City of; include mayor as a member of the governing authority

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Cochran, approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5162), so as to include the mayor as a member of the governing authority of the city; 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 1132/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195329.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0387/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192654.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192664.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Danny Mathis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-09** House Hopper
- **2020-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 340 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0fd48f0-7bda-4377-b29d-50b0c67fb258`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).