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type: "Bill"
title: "Sumner, Town of; four-year terms for mayor and councilmembers; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled \"An Act to incorporate the town of Sumner,\" approved August 9, 1883 (Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 291), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4331), so as to provide for four-year terms for the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for serving officers; to provide for elections; to provide for the filling of vacancies; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 545"
citation: "Georgia HB 545 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Rynders"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-03"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/285cfa14-b793-4d59-b451-c86ff56d4078"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9e4da0bce67d389e42e3194a2dc7ee5a213d620a74a97e0a100311295300ea36"
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 545 (2015_16) — Sumner, Town of; four-year terms for mayor and councilmembers; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the town of Sumner," approved August 9, 1883 (Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 291), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4331), so as to provide for four-year terms for the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for serving officers; to provide for elections; to provide for the filling of vacancies; 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 545/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151609.pdf)
2. **LC 21 3611/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149886.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1650** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-03-03** House Hopper
- **2015-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 246 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/285cfa14-b793-4d59-b451-c86ff56d4078`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).