republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1489.md

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Bill	Douglasville, City of; require candidates seeking election from a district to reside in such district for a certain amount of time prior to the date of such election	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Douglasville, approved April 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4559), as amended, to require candidates seeking election from a district to reside in such district for a certain amount of time prior to the date of such election; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1489	Georgia HB 1489 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Kimberly Alexander Kimberly New Sylvia Wayfer Baker	3	13	2	2026-03-03	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0e9e3f30-e3ad-4f48-8fbe-5d90f4bf1644	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e0ac480d89450567065b6d3d01ead5f98df51183511238f2be7d5683354822c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1489 (2025_26) — Douglasville, City of; require candidates seeking election from a district to reside in such district for a certain amount of time prior to the date of such election

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Douglasville, approved April 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4559), as amended, to require candidates seeking election from a district to reside in such district for a certain amount of time prior to the date of such election; 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 1489/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 62 0338/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Kimberly Alexander — primary (person)
• Kimberly New — primary (person)
• Sylvia Wayfer Baker — 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 568 executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e9e3f30-e3ad-4f48-8fbe-5d90f4bf1644. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).