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Bill	Brookhaven, City of; increase term limit of mayor	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Brookhaven in DeKalb County, approved April 16, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5527), as amended, so as to increase the term limit of the mayor; to repeal expired provisions related to election of mayor and councilmembers during the first four years of the city's existence; to provide for the filling of vacancies in the offices of mayor and councilmembers of more than 12 months; to provide for the filling of vacancies in the offices of mayor and councilmembers of less than 12 months; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 695	Georgia HB 695 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Billy Mitchell Karen Bennett Mary Oliver Matthew Wilson Michele Henson Viola Davis	5	15	1	2019-03-25	2020-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/42885f2d-db4b-4692-b4ca-15b2a5885438	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b579c9f6255e3dd58412cba0eb6d8dcbb825947b4a4d6a7a83fea21c3495b79d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 695 (2019_20) — Brookhaven, City of; increase term limit of mayor

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Brookhaven in DeKalb County, approved April 16, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5527), as amended, so as to increase the term limit of the mayor; to repeal expired provisions related to election of mayor and councilmembers during the first four years of the city's existence; to provide for the filling of vacancies in the offices of mayor and councilmembers of more than 12 months; to provide for the filling of vacancies in the offices of mayor and councilmembers of less than 12 months; 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. Floor Amendment AM 44 0138 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 695/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 0116/a (committee substitute) — source
4. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 44 1273S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 152–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
• Karen Bennett — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
• Michele Henson — primary (person)
• Viola Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-03-25 House Hopper
• 2019-03-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-28 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-06-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2020-06-26 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2020-06-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Act 523 executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42885f2d-db4b-4692-b4ca-15b2a5885438. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).