---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homer, City of; city council; provide for election districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Homer, approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 4033), so as to provide for election districts of the city council; to provide descriptions of such council districts; to provide for staggered terms of councilmembers; to provide for the manner of election of the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for the continuation in office of the current mayor and members 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 985"
citation: "Georgia HB 985 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1465749-d08c-4bfc-bc4d-2a9ee5aca906"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "06a7abaf37137bc124ae10976a90228f7214e9aa4b0c1e705d65e02af2735d65"
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 (2019_20) — Homer, City of; city council; provide for election districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Homer, approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 4033), so as to provide for election districts of the city council; to provide descriptions of such council districts; to provide for staggered terms of councilmembers; to provide for the manner of election of the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for the continuation in office of the current mayor and members 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 985/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192523.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0409/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190475.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190551.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Erwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20** House Hopper
- **2020-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 463 `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/d1465749-d08c-4bfc-bc4d-2a9ee5aca906`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).