---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cobb County; abolish office of elected county surveyor; provide appointment"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Cobb County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county after January 1, 2029; to provide for successors; to provide for qualifications; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1587"
citation: "Georgia HB 1587 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Wilkerson", "Gabriel Sanchez", "Jordan Ridley", "Joseph Gullett", "Lisa Campbell", "Sheila Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-19"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ad8281f-00ce-41a6-948e-a6616240e18e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1a82203cfdb40c03c9e2170d56b2935194155548746b6109823a8f63045b0204"
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 1587 (2025_26) — Cobb County; abolish office of elected county surveyor; provide appointment

A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Cobb County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county after January 1, 2029; to provide for successors; to provide for qualifications; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; 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 1587/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248723.pdf)
2. **LC 47 4258/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246644.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246662.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #772 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #927 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
- Gabriel Sanchez — primary (person)
- Jordan Ridley — primary (person)
- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
- Lisa Campbell — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-19** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 688 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ad8281f-00ce-41a6-948e-a6616240e18e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).