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type: "Bill"
title: "Bluffton, City of; mayor can vote to provide a majority on city council; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Bluffton, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3786), so as to provide that the mayor can vote on the city council to provide a majority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1173"
citation: "Georgia HB 1173 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-15"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5dc949e-0e9e-4dcf-a30e-ab470a480a34"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "133dd835f740558d5368f63048116421effd8f86f5e6a27d7f8468e46b7297e5"
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 1173 (2019_20) — Bluffton, City of; mayor can vote to provide a majority on city council; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Bluffton, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3786), so as to provide that the mayor can vote on the city council to provide a majority; 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.
1. **HB 1173/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194863.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0492/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193385.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193426.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-15** House Hopper
- **2020-06-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 429 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5dc949e-0e9e-4dcf-a30e-ab470a480a34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).