---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pendergrass, City of; add two new members to city council"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Pendergrass, in the County of Jackson, approved December 30, 1890 (Ga. L. 1890-91, Vol. II, p. 681), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4755), so as to add two new members to the city council; to revise provisions governing quorums and overriding vetoes; to update reference to applicable state election law; to provide for initial and staggered terms of the new councilmembers; to provide for conflict of interest; to provide for holding of other offices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 740"
citation: "Georgia HB 740 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0072cb04-80c8-4a37-93f9-3bd4024dab67"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "14ef662c4aa774c261b5180245161b1d97648d46d68cbe43d00595bca96c0773"
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 740 (2021_22) — Pendergrass, City of; add two new members to city council

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Pendergrass, in the County of Jackson, approved December 30, 1890 (Ga. L. 1890-91, Vol. II, p. 681), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4755), so as to add two new members to the city council; to revise provisions governing quorums and overriding vetoes; to update reference to applicable state election law; to provide for initial and staggered terms of the new councilmembers; to provide for conflict of interest; to provide for holding of other offices; 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 740/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202048.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0924/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199909.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199910.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **137–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tommy Benton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08** House Hopper
- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 80 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0072cb04-80c8-4a37-93f9-3bd4024dab67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).