---
type: "Bill"
title: "Comer, City of; increase term of mayor from two to four years"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Comer, approved May 1, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5306), so as to increase the term of mayor from two to four years; to revise provisions relating to municipal elections to address changes to the mayoral term of office; to provide for the continuance in office of the current mayor and councilmembers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 12"
citation: "Georgia HB 12 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rob Leverett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd5ed528-6508-4e69-9d7b-a565c17c6b13"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "efd9416b2ea551db7e70388de9aaa480b3544481778ac3bf8dbaa86d9de36c7a"
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 12 (2023_24) — Comer, City of; increase term of mayor from two to four years

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Comer, approved May 1, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5306), so as to increase the term of mayor from two to four years; to revise provisions relating to municipal elections to address changes to the mayoral term of office; to provide for the continuance in office of the current mayor and councilmembers; 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 12/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215210.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1879/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212392.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212397.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #10 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **159–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #46 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rob Leverett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-01-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-01-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 94 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd5ed528-6508-4e69-9d7b-a565c17c6b13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).