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type: "Bill"
title: "Meigs, City of; elections and terms of office; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Meigs in Thomas County, Georgia, and Mitchell County, Georgia, approved April 30, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 3695), so as to provide for elections and terms of office; to eliminate one council post in the city; 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 826"
citation: "Georgia HB 826 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Joe Campbell", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d44f2e81-c952-46e2-92dd-c9c2cfc0bfa6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "aad7242a227a747477720e0e9849f3e04fb320fd7108a88f1d09cc95629eb8ff"
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 826 (2019_20) — Meigs, City of; elections and terms of office; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Meigs in Thomas County, Georgia, and Mitchell County, Georgia, approved April 30, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 3695), so as to provide for elections and terms of office; to eliminate one council post in the city; 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 826/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191305.pdf)
2. **LC 45 0363/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188606.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188663.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **149–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Joe Campbell — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-28** House Hopper
- **2020-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 361 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d44f2e81-c952-46e2-92dd-c9c2cfc0bfa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).