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type: "Bill"
title: "Blue Ridge, City of; staggered terms of mayor and councilmembers; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Blue Ridge in Fannin County, approved March 21, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 3823), as amended, so as to provide for staggered terms of the mayor and councilmembers; to revise provisions regarding the filling of vacancies on the governing authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 739"
citation: "Georgia HB 739 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ralston"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d92d52c-21f6-4aa0-b0fc-c8f69d0276b8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "20ff8417032efc1de8b9353170ab465eed01756b7c7137ed0b92541b9db28610"
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 739 (2021_22) — Blue Ridge, City of; staggered terms of mayor and councilmembers; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Blue Ridge in Fannin County, approved March 21, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 3823), as amended, so as to provide for staggered terms of the mayor and councilmembers; to revise provisions regarding the filling of vacancies on the governing authority; 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 739/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201679.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0125S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200685.pdf)
3. **LC 47 0125S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200680.pdf)
4. **LC 47 0879/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199905.pdf)
5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199908.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **137–11** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Ralston — 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`
- **2021-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2021-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 82 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d92d52c-21f6-4aa0-b0fc-c8f69d0276b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).