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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Auburn, City of; revise and readopt charter in its entirety"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Auburn, approved February 17, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 807), as amended, so as to revise and readopt the charter in its entirety; to provide for incorporation, name, and powers of the city; to provide for corporate boundaries; to provide for audits; to provide for contracting and purchasing procedures; to provide for the sale of city property; to provide for prior ordinances and pending matters; to provide for construction; to provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 1525"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1525 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-06"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8d983fd-11cb-4659-ab10-9d4c6f7be758"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "73f8f31f2c55a89833833122636ede3f1333cc0dd96c9257a4021ae18fc4f482"
+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 1525 (2025_26) — Auburn, City of; revise and readopt charter in its entirety
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Auburn, approved February 17, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 807), as amended, so as to revise and readopt the charter in its entirety; to provide for incorporation, name, and powers of the city; to provide for corporate boundaries; to provide for audits; to provide for contracting and purchasing procedures; to provide for the sale of city property; to provide for prior ordinances and pending matters; to provide for construction; to provide for severability; 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 1525/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247849.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3951/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245479.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245483.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #734 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #825 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-06** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-12** Act 668 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-12** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8d983fd-11cb-4659-ab10-9d4c6f7be758`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+