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type: "Bill"
title: "Johns Creek, City of; term limits for mayor and councilmembers; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Johns Creek in Fulton County, Georgia, approved March 29, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3503), as amended, so as to provide for term limits for the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 979"
citation: "Georgia HB 979 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Raffensperger", "Charles Martin", "Scott Hilton", "Todd Jones", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3d2fde7-b022-4f6a-9f99-5bc472b40834"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ac78844d97fb5af23aea21302335768b738f237ebc1c280f87a4c3d1a6ad28fc"
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 979 (2017_18) — Johns Creek, City of; term limits for mayor and councilmembers; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Johns Creek in Fulton County, Georgia, approved March 29, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3503), as amended, so as to provide for term limits for the mayor and councilmembers; 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.
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1640** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brad Raffensperger — primary (person)
- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-21** House Hopper
- **2018-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 494 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3d2fde7-b022-4f6a-9f99-5bc472b40834`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).