---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cornelia, City of; remove millage rate cap"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Cornelia, approved April 30, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3841), so as to remove the millage rate cap; 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 1487"
citation: "Georgia HB 1487 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Victor Anderson"]
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/868eb97d-b2b4-4e0e-9496-8e3ca91954cd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1a591b6644f7cb50c959ea134660f754617459d6ab0524a0a04dc736a1b91620"
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 1487 (2025_26) — Cornelia, City of; remove millage rate cap

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Cornelia, approved April 30, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3841), so as to remove the millage rate cap; 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 1487/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247384.pdf)
2. **LC 47 4085/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244657.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244681.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Victor Anderson — 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 566 `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/868eb97d-b2b4-4e0e-9496-8e3ca91954cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).