---
type: "Bill"
title: "Menlo, City of; future mayors and councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms of office; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Menlo, approved May 13, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 4132), so as to provide that future mayors and councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms of office; to provide for municipal general elections in odd-numbered years; to provide for interim terms of office; 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 961"
citation: "Georgia HB 961 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lumsden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d3075a3-c844-4b36-b95a-fa0308255e70"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "63ab50b5dbefda76cd34cb66d717f0976e9da30e8933f83ae471f04a874c21fb"
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 961 (2023_24) — Menlo, City of; future mayors and councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms of office; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Menlo, approved May 13, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 4132), so as to provide that future mayors and councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms of office; to provide for municipal general elections in odd-numbered years; to provide for interim terms of office; 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 961/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223128.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2573/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221340.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221485.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #474 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #414 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **96–71** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 442 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d3075a3-c844-4b36-b95a-fa0308255e70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).