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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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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 1489"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1489 (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: ["Kimberly Alexander", "Kimberly New", "Sylvia Wayfer Baker"]
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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: "2026-03-03"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e9e3f30-e3ad-4f48-8fbe-5d90f4bf1644"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e0ac480d89450567065b6d3d01ead5f98df51183511238f2be7d5683354822c0"
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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 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
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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.
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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 1489/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247386.pdf)
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2. **LC 62 0338/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244656.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244680.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #734 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #799 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kimberly Alexander — primary (person)
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- Kimberly New — primary (person)
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- Sylvia Wayfer Baker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-03** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** 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 568 `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/0e9e3f30-e3ad-4f48-8fbe-5d90f4bf1644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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