---
type: "Bill"
title: "East Dublin, City of; new term for mayor pro tempore; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of East Dublin, approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4645), as amended, so as to provide a new term for the mayor pro tempore; to provide for the filling of vacancies; to provide for removal of the municipal court judge; 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 240"
citation: "Georgia HB 240 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danny Mathis", "Jimmy Pruett", "Matt Hatchett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c0e3a24-5854-4e20-9df6-a6476a90cefa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "61f0cc1ae3c9759fbaf0e6d9c8e129d4518988e7ce7a6ec2fc68d4c1853ba6eb"
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 240 (2019_20) — East Dublin, City of; new term for mayor pro tempore; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of East Dublin, approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4645), as amended, so as to provide a new term for the mayor pro tempore; to provide for the filling of vacancies; to provide for removal of the municipal court judge; 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 240/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183686.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0031/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181022.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181051.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** House Hopper
- **2019-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Act 103 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c0e3a24-5854-4e20-9df6-a6476a90cefa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).