---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clayton, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Clayton; to provide for reincorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for the examples of powers; to provide for bonded and other indebtedness; to provide for accounting and budgeting; to provide for contracting and purchasing; to provide for sale of city property; to provide for bonds for officers; to provide for prior ordinances, current employees, and pending matters; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for charter reviews; 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 1246"
citation: "Georgia HB 1246 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Victor Anderson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5b2abf5-e3df-443f-8d5d-65f170b2eb16"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3e317065444dc2a031ccb00cddeb0fc755704df9144c8b89ca98f6be39476fb7"
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 1246 (2025_26) — Clayton, City of; provide new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Clayton; to provide for reincorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for the examples of powers; to provide for bonded and other indebtedness; to provide for accounting and budgeting; to provide for contracting and purchasing; to provide for sale of city property; to provide for bonds for officers; to provide for prior ordinances, current employees, and pending matters; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for charter reviews; 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 1246/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243589.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3892/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242019.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242027.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #513 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #571 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Victor Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 553 `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/a5b2abf5-e3df-443f-8d5d-65f170b2eb16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).