---
type: "Bill"
title: "Talbotton, City of; Talbot County; reincorporate"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to reincorporate the City of Talbotton in Talbot County; to provide for a new charter for the City of Talbotton; to provide for severability; to repeal a specific law; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 526"
citation: "Georgia HB 526 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Buckner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-02"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecbc5a9a-539b-4b0f-b0a7-23051e8dd09f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9796f155eaeb9aa05d88e74326edce092c44df3f6c6ddd1dd5d595bdf424f8d8"
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 526 (2015_16) — Talbotton, City of; Talbot County; reincorporate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to reincorporate the City of Talbotton in Talbot County; to provide for a new charter for the City of Talbotton; to provide for severability; to repeal a specific law; to provide for an effective date; 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 526/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151365.pdf)
2. **LC 21 3676/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149659.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-02** House Hopper
- **2015-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 243 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecbc5a9a-539b-4b0f-b0a7-23051e8dd09f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).