---
type: "Bill"
title: "Braselton, Town of; annex certain properties"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Braselton, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4319), so as to annex certain properties into the town; 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 572"
citation: "Georgia HB 572 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Derrick McCollum", "Emory Dunahoo", "Holt Persinger", "Houston Gaines"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67bb1948-6f7c-49bb-a7f5-172e9611b6e1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "caccfb39a0919d0f1a069fb07d3d12fa8b830310f0379c786599d5a8387afd12"
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 572 (2025_26) — Braselton, Town of; annex certain properties

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Braselton, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4319), so as to annex certain properties into the town; 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 572/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238010.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3295/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233424.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233433.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #313 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Holt Persinger — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 148 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67bb1948-6f7c-49bb-a7f5-172e9611b6e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).