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type: "Bill"
title: "Mount Zion, City of; provide that members of the city council shall be elected from districts instead of at large"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Mount Zion, approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3862), so as to provide that members of the city council shall be elected from districts instead of at large; to provide district residency requirements for councilmembers; to revise election procedures to provide for district elections; to provide the description of council districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current councilmembers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 164"
citation: "Georgia HB 164 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c32e92b0-fe5c-4531-bfcd-26f09c9dff59"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "56ead3e567e15467f4971499b03bab55da8791d5bf820a5077242cf3c72d5858"
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 164 (2023_24) — Mount Zion, City of; provide that members of the city council shall be elected from districts instead of at large
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Mount Zion, approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3862), so as to provide that members of the city council shall be elected from districts instead of at large; to provide district residency requirements for councilmembers; to revise election procedures to provide for district elections; to provide the description of council districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current councilmembers; 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 164/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215228.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1975/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213236.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213323.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #18 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #46 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-31** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 111 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c32e92b0-fe5c-4531-bfcd-26f09c9dff59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).