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type: "Bill"
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title: "Austell, City of; provide for a city manager; revise powers and duties of city council committees, the mayor, and department directors"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Austell, approved March 28, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 4902), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4498) and an Act approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4503), so as to provide for a city manager; to revise the powers and duties of city council committees, the mayor, and department directors to reflect the establishment of a city manager; to provide for the appointment, removal, and powers of the city manager and city council; to provide for an acting city manager; to prohibit mayor and council interference with the administration of the city departments; to revise provisions related to the hiring and removal of department directors; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1005"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1005 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Wilkerson", "Kimberly Alexander"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-16"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e24b00e-8266-41f4-8e9e-451092840925"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f57359b4f4e6f2942dbb63251c35aad5b81af7a89af9213e5bd055a20b59ab9e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 1005 (2025_26) — Austell, City of; provide for a city manager; revise powers and duties of city council committees, the mayor, and department directors
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Austell, approved March 28, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 4902), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4498) and an Act approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4503), so as to provide for a city manager; to revise the powers and duties of city council committees, the mayor, and department directors to reflect the establishment of a city manager; to provide for the appointment, removal, and powers of the city manager and city council; to provide for an acting city manager; to prohibit mayor and council interference with the administration of the city departments; to revise provisions related to the hiring and removal of department directors; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 1005/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243578.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3751/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240038.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240058.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #571 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #506 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Alexander — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-16** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 532 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e24b00e-8266-41f4-8e9e-451092840925`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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