---
type: "Bill"
title: "Young Harris, City of; reduce size of city council; modify term of mayor"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Young Harris, approved May 3, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 3713), so as to reduce the size of the city council; to modify the term of the mayor; to modify provisions related to a quorum of the city council; 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 1225"
citation: "Georgia HB 1225 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gurtler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-17"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/165de296-9f4b-4877-86e4-e56a791d5764"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1f8e254b189e0d8fb788f92fc37b4e11aec4fb49ecf3a89e8cb3bd7c5789871c"
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 1225 (2019_20) — Young Harris, City of; reduce size of city council; modify term of mayor

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Young Harris, approved May 3, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 3713), so as to reduce the size of the city council; to modify the term of the mayor; to modify provisions related to a quorum of the 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 1225/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195355.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0382/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193782.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193792.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **151–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Gurtler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-17** House Hopper
- **2020-06-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** 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`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 441 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/165de296-9f4b-4877-86e4-e56a791d5764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).