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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Arcade, Town of; municipality; clarify name"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Arcade, approved April 5, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4024), as amended, so as to clarify the name of the municipality; to make conforming changes; to change the date of the organization meeting of the city council following municipal elections; to revise provisions related to the form of ordinances; to revise provisions related to emergency meetings of the city council; to provide for a mayoral veto; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 1578"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1578 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Emory Dunahoo", "Houston Gaines"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-18"
+last_action: "2026-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f5c9168-33bb-45d2-b65d-0a0a0dcf5da1"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "01251cf548b490058db01f53a3acd2fe3bc1ecae110291e7cc4d67590e4d4e35"
+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 1578 (2025_26) — Arcade, Town of; municipality; clarify name
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Arcade, approved April 5, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4024), as amended, so as to clarify the name of the municipality; to make conforming changes; to change the date of the organization meeting of the city council following municipal elections; to revise provisions related to the form of ordinances; to revise provisions related to emergency meetings of the city council; to provide for a mayoral veto; 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 1578/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248277.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3959/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246409.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246481.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #873 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #754 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-18** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-03-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Act 604 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f5c9168-33bb-45d2-b65d-0a0a0dcf5da1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+