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type: "Bill"
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title: "Brookhaven, City of; increase term limit of mayor"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 695"
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citation: "Georgia HB 695 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Billy Mitchell", "Karen Bennett", "Mary Oliver", "Matthew Wilson", "Michele Henson", "Viola Davis"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-03-25"
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last_action: "2020-07-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42885f2d-db4b-4692-b4ca-15b2a5885438"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b579c9f6255e3dd58412cba0eb6d8dcbb825947b4a4d6a7a83fea21c3495b79d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 695 (2019_20) — Brookhaven, City of; increase term limit of mayor
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Floor Amendment AM 44 0138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194677.pdf)
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2. **HB 695/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195300.pdf)
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3. **LC 47 0116/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185947.pdf)
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4. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185954.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1273S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186971.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **152–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
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- Michele Henson — primary (person)
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- Viola Davis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-25** House Hopper
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- **2019-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2020-06-26** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** Act 523 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42885f2d-db4b-4692-b4ca-15b2a5885438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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