---
type: "Bill"
title: "Americus, City of; requirement for city manager; remove"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Americus, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5985), as amended, so as to remove a requirement for city manager; to lengthen the contract term allowed for city manager; 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 242"
citation: "Georgia HB 242 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Yearta", "Mike Cheokas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0857bfb-b84d-4a4e-b3c9-b76edf422f10"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3417251c8910297057d91e28339e3d2c9e24b751bb343fc029e365cf0fec5da1"
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 242 (2021_22) — Americus, City of; requirement for city manager; remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Americus, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5985), as amended, so as to remove a requirement for city manager; to lengthen the contract term allowed for city manager; 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 242/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197816.pdf)
2. **LC 50 0132/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196540.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196556.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **123–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Yearta — primary (person)
- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** House Hopper
- **2021-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08** House Postponed
- **2021-02-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 51 `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/c0857bfb-b84d-4a4e-b3c9-b76edf422f10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).