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3.8 KiB
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73 lines
3.8 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Union County; governing authority; change from a sole commissioner to a five-member board of commissioners; provide advisory referendum"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for an advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Union County desire the governing authority of that county to be changed from a sole commissioner to a five-member board of commissioners; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; 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 1120"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1120 (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: ["Stan Gunter"]
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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: "2026-02-02"
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last_action: "2026-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d857144-76ee-4157-afea-a2808d00b8b9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "bc56373b16088f1dc96d895e3c9de0aa74efb24c59e29b67c598f710b168fcc5"
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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 1120 (2025_26) — Union County; governing authority; change from a sole commissioner to a five-member board of commissioners; provide advisory referendum
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for an advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Union County desire the governing authority of that county to be changed from a sole commissioner to a five-member board of commissioners; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; 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 1120/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244719.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3780/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241112.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241257.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #537 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #600 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-02** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 660 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-12** 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/0d857144-76ee-4157-afea-a2808d00b8b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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