republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-961.md

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Bill	Menlo, City of; future mayors and councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms of office; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Menlo, approved May 13, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 4132), so as to provide that future mayors and councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms of office; to provide for municipal general elections in odd-numbered years; to provide for interim terms of office; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 961	Georgia HB 961 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Eddie Lumsden	3	13	2	2024-01-22	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/4d3075a3-c844-4b36-b95a-fa0308255e70	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	63ab50b5dbefda76cd34cb66d717f0976e9da30e8933f83ae471f04a874c21fb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 961 (2023_24) — Menlo, City of; future mayors and councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms of office; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Menlo, approved May 13, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 4132), so as to provide that future mayors and councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms of office; to provide for municipal general elections in odd-numbered years; to provide for interim terms of office; 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 961/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 2573/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #474 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #414 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 96–71 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-01-29 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-01-29 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-01-30 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-07 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 442 executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d3075a3-c844-4b36-b95a-fa0308255e70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).