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type: "Bill"
title: "Scotland, City of; provide four-year terms for mayor and council members"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 995"
citation: "Georgia HB 995 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jimmy Pruett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-11"
last_action: "2014-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7af8964-0e65-4217-b76a-1a74f4b9e401"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5656031bcbe711c6a884aac5820a4c843f4946f2ae9be2785d0b0920159a7165"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141734.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2390/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139678.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar Without HB 986 — **1612** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7af8964-0e65-4217-b76a-1a74f4b9e401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).