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type: "Bill"
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title: "Americus, City of; requirement for city manager; remove"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Americus, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5985), as amended, so as to remove a requirement for city manager; to lengthen the contract term allowed for city manager; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 242"
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citation: "Georgia HB 242 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Yearta", "Mike Cheokas"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-02"
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last_action: "2021-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0857bfb-b84d-4a4e-b3c9-b76edf422f10"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3417251c8910297057d91e28339e3d2c9e24b751bb343fc029e365cf0fec5da1"
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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 242 (2021_22) — Americus, City of; requirement for city manager; remove
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Americus, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5985), as amended, so as to remove a requirement for city manager; to lengthen the contract term allowed for city manager; 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. **HB 242/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197816.pdf)
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2. **LC 50 0132/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196540.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196556.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **123–41** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Yearta — primary (person)
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- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-02** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-08** House Postponed
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- **2021-02-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-03** Act 51 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-03** 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/c0857bfb-b84d-4a4e-b3c9-b76edf422f10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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