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type: "Bill"
title: "Auburn, City of; revise and readopt charter in its entirety"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Auburn, approved February 17, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 807), as amended, so as to revise and readopt the charter in its entirety; to provide for incorporation, name, and powers of the city; to provide for corporate boundaries; to provide for audits; to provide for contracting and purchasing procedures; to provide for the sale of city property; to provide for prior ordinances and pending matters; to provide for construction; to provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1525"
citation: "Georgia HB 1525 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8d983fd-11cb-4659-ab10-9d4c6f7be758"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "73f8f31f2c55a89833833122636ede3f1333cc0dd96c9257a4021ae18fc4f482"
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 1525 (2025_26) — Auburn, City of; revise and readopt charter in its entirety
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Auburn, approved February 17, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 807), as amended, so as to revise and readopt the charter in its entirety; to provide for incorporation, name, and powers of the city; to provide for corporate boundaries; to provide for audits; to provide for contracting and purchasing procedures; to provide for the sale of city property; to provide for prior ordinances and pending matters; to provide for construction; to provide for severability; 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 1525/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247849.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3951/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245479.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245483.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #734 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #825 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-06** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** 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`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 668 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8d983fd-11cb-4659-ab10-9d4c6f7be758`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).