---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Grayson; terms of the mayor and city council; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Grayson, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3567), so as to revise the terms of the mayor and city council; to provide for elections by a plurality of votes; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 475"
citation: "Georgia SB 475 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gloria Butler", "P. K. Martin IV"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-03-02"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5254f7b8-8e9c-4690-b454-1922d001b2c8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e617e2fb7fe78671596a6506963aed4df67ca358db99b6fe1fc5fe1e749a6917"
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 SB 475 (2019_20) — City of Grayson; terms of the mayor and city council; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Grayson, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3567), so as to revise the terms of the mayor and city council; to provide for elections by a plurality of votes; 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. **As introduced LC 45 0402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191684.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192548.pdf)
3. **LC 44 1528S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194881.pdf)
4. **SB475 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191697.pdf)
5. **SB475/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195132.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-02** Senate Hopper
- **2020-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 395 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5254f7b8-8e9c-4690-b454-1922d001b2c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).