---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arcade, Town of; municipality; clarify name"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Arcade, approved April 5, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4024), as amended, so as to clarify the name of the municipality; to make conforming changes; to change the date of the organization meeting of the city council following municipal elections; to revise provisions related to the form of ordinances; to revise provisions related to emergency meetings of the city council; to provide for a mayoral veto; 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 1578"
citation: "Georgia HB 1578 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emory Dunahoo", "Houston Gaines"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-18"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f5c9168-33bb-45d2-b65d-0a0a0dcf5da1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "01251cf548b490058db01f53a3acd2fe3bc1ecae110291e7cc4d67590e4d4e35"
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 1578 (2025_26) — Arcade, Town of; municipality; clarify name

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Arcade, approved April 5, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4024), as amended, so as to clarify the name of the municipality; to make conforming changes; to change the date of the organization meeting of the city council following municipal elections; to revise provisions related to the form of ordinances; to revise provisions related to emergency meetings of the city council; to provide for a mayoral veto; 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 1578/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248277.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3959/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246409.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246481.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #873 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #754 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-18** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 604 `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/8f5c9168-33bb-45d2-b65d-0a0a0dcf5da1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).