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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cleveland, City of; provide new charter"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Cleveland; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for the exercise of powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a mayor pro tem; to provide for a city manager and powers and duties thereof; to provide for acting city managers; to provide for administrative responsibilities; to provide for boards, commissions, and authorities; to provide for sale of city property; to provide for bonds for officials; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 592"
+citation: "Georgia HB 592 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stan Gunter", "Will Wade"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-21"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7145f77-bd33-464e-b899-ab89d965a934"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "f6abf1b068c94d7978c0a52fc804b80700dac7763fa6d2bf4f10b9a9e01400b4"
+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 592 (2025_26) — Cleveland, City of; provide new charter
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Cleveland; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for the exercise of powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a mayor pro tem; to provide for a city manager and powers and duties thereof; to provide for acting city managers; to provide for administrative responsibilities; to provide for boards, commissions, and authorities; to provide for sale of city property; to provide for bonds for officials; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; 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 592/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235744.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3304/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233517.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233530.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #99 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #221 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **43–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
+- Will Wade — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Act 151 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7145f77-bd33-464e-b899-ab89d965a934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+