republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-826.md

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Bill	Meigs, City of; elections and terms of office; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Meigs in Thomas County, Georgia, and Mitchell County, Georgia, approved April 30, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 3695), so as to provide for elections and terms of office; to eliminate one council post in the city; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 826	Georgia HB 826 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Darlene Taylor Joe Campbell Sam Watson	3	13	1	2020-01-28	2020-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/d44f2e81-c952-46e2-92dd-c9c2cfc0bfa6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	aad7242a227a747477720e0e9849f3e04fb320fd7108a88f1d09cc95629eb8ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 826 (2019_20) — Meigs, City of; elections and terms of office; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Meigs in Thomas County, Georgia, and Mitchell County, Georgia, approved April 30, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 3695), so as to provide for elections and terms of office; to eliminate one council post in the city; 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 826/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 45 0363/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 149–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
• Joe Campbell — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-28 House Hopper
• 2020-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-01-30 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-02-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-24 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Act 361 executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d44f2e81-c952-46e2-92dd-c9c2cfc0bfa6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).