republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-724.md

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Bill	Pembroke, City of; mayor and city council members; provide four-year terms	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend, consolidate, create, revise, and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Pembroke, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4846), as amended, so as to provide for four-year terms for the mayor and city council members; to provide for elections; to provide for the current terms of city officers to continue; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 724	Georgia HB 724 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Lehman Franklin	3	13	2	2025-03-04	2025-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/95b86251-9b03-42b8-9703-749e0abf235b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	39b15c3e2180f30e36e971a49d5680905d225ac1327c39fb65ddfee816048d29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 724 (2025_26) — Pembroke, City of; mayor and city council members; provide four-year terms

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend, consolidate, create, revise, and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Pembroke, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4846), as amended, so as to provide for four-year terms for the mayor and city council members; to provide for elections; to provide for the current terms of city officers to continue; 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 724/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 62 0133/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #273 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 169–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #277 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lehman Franklin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-04 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-13 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Act 62 executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95b86251-9b03-42b8-9703-749e0abf235b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).