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type: "Bill"
title: "Molena, City of; provide for four-year terms of office for mayor and councilmembers"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia pertaining to the City of Molena in the County of Pike (Ga. L. 1982, p. 4935), as amended, so as to provide for four-year terms of office for the mayor and councilmembers; to provide initial terms of office for the mayor and councilmembers elected in 2019 and 2020; to provide for related matters; to provide for the continuation of terms of office in effect at the time of adoption; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "Georgia HB 159 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Pullin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e6107d3-4b63-4aee-8b84-065b8449e2ac"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0277f874f6d5aa09ca253e1fd1fa529cb707334c0208bdcfb7badfbf854362c9"
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 159 (2019_20) — Molena, City of; provide for four-year terms of office for mayor and councilmembers
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia pertaining to the City of Molena in the County of Pike (Ga. L. 1982, p. 4935), as amended, so as to provide for four-year terms of office for the mayor and councilmembers; to provide initial terms of office for the mayor and councilmembers elected in 2019 and 2020; to provide for related matters; to provide for the continuation of terms of office in effect at the time of adoption; 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 159/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182428.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0042/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180532.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180588.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar Without — **156–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ken Pullin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-06** House Hopper
- **2019-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Act 97 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e6107d3-4b63-4aee-8b84-065b8449e2ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).