---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eatonton, City of; provide a new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Eatonton; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 1536"
citation: "Georgia HB 1536 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Washburn", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-10"
last_action: "2026-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a4f540f-1518-4549-aa88-0278f1642871"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2bdeb481fc9a4d0e45234bc770c566f09b836a509a0585d770a5028b02a21f68"
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 1536 (2025_26) — Eatonton, City of; provide a new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Eatonton; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 1536/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247850.pdf)
2. **LC 62 0460/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245640.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245645.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #739 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #825 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-10** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 583 `executive-signature`
- **2026-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a4f540f-1518-4549-aa88-0278f1642871`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).