republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-995.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Scotland, City of; provide four-year terms for mayor and council members	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to reincorporate the City of Scotland, Georgia," approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4314), so as to provide for four-year terms for the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for initial terms; to provide for elections; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 995	Georgia HB 995 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Jimmy Pruett	2	13	1	2014-02-11	2014-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/c7af8964-0e65-4217-b76a-1a74f4b9e401	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5656031bcbe711c6a884aac5820a4c843f4946f2ae9be2785d0b0920159a7165	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 995 (2013_14) — Scotland, City of; provide four-year terms for mayor and council members

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to reincorporate the City of Scotland, Georgia," approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4314), so as to provide for four-year terms for the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for initial terms; to provide for elections; 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 995/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 2390/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar Without HB 986 — 161–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-11 House Hopper
• 2014-02-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-25 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-10 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-10 Act 393 executive-signature
• 2014-04-10 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c7af8964-0e65-4217-b76a-1a74f4b9e401. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).