---
type: "Bill"
title: "Douglasville, City of; require candidates seeking election from a district to reside in such district for a certain amount of time prior to the date of such election"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Douglasville, approved April 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4559), as amended, to require candidates seeking election from a district to reside in such district for a certain amount of time prior to the date of such election; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1489"
citation: "Georgia HB 1489 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Alexander", "Kimberly New", "Sylvia Wayfer Baker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-03"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e9e3f30-e3ad-4f48-8fbe-5d90f4bf1644"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e0ac480d89450567065b6d3d01ead5f98df51183511238f2be7d5683354822c0"
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 1489 (2025_26) — Douglasville, City of; require candidates seeking election from a district to reside in such district for a certain amount of time prior to the date of such election

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Douglasville, approved April 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4559), as amended, to require candidates seeking election from a district to reside in such district for a certain amount of time prior to the date of such election; 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 1489/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247386.pdf)
2. **LC 62 0338/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244656.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244680.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #734 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #799 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Alexander — primary (person)
- Kimberly New — primary (person)
- Sylvia Wayfer Baker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-03** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** 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`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** 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 568 `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/0e9e3f30-e3ad-4f48-8fbe-5d90f4bf1644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).