republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-740.md

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Bill	Pendergrass, City of; add two new members to city council	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Pendergrass, in the County of Jackson, approved December 30, 1890 (Ga. L. 1890-91, Vol. II, p. 681), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4755), so as to add two new members to the city council; to revise provisions governing quorums and overriding vetoes; to update reference to applicable state election law; to provide for initial and staggered terms of the new councilmembers; to provide for conflict of interest; to provide for holding of other offices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 740	Georgia HB 740 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Tommy Benton	3	13	1	2021-03-08	2021-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/0072cb04-80c8-4a37-93f9-3bd4024dab67	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	14ef662c4aa774c261b5180245161b1d97648d46d68cbe43d00595bca96c0773	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 740 (2021_22) — Pendergrass, City of; add two new members to city council

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Pendergrass, in the County of Jackson, approved December 30, 1890 (Ga. L. 1890-91, Vol. II, p. 681), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4755), so as to add two new members to the city council; to revise provisions governing quorums and overriding vetoes; to update reference to applicable state election law; to provide for initial and staggered terms of the new councilmembers; to provide for conflict of interest; to provide for holding of other offices; 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 740/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0924/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 137–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tommy Benton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-08 House Hopper
• 2021-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-03-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-03 Act 80 executive-signature
• 2021-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0072cb04-80c8-4a37-93f9-3bd4024dab67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).