---
type: "Bill"
title: "Riceboro, City of; revise corporate limits"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Riceboro, approved February 19, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 4614), as amended, so as to revise the corporate limits of the city; 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 1594"
citation: "Georgia HB 1594 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Buddy DeLoach"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-20"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9181b4c7-9e2a-48ad-ab38-9ce19e8ef00d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "84cec97b5b76f4d146221d4a432159d6d3ba550d4c1f28e0322a49835526a481"
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 1594 (2025_26) — Riceboro, City of; revise corporate limits

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Riceboro, approved February 19, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 4614), as amended, so as to revise the corporate limits of the city; 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 1594/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248725.pdf)
2. **LC 47 4170/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246884.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246894.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-25** 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 690 `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/9181b4c7-9e2a-48ad-ab38-9ce19e8ef00d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).