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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Ball Ground, City of; primaries and elections shall be held and conducted in accordance with the Georgia Election Code; revise provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Ball Ground, approved March 28, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4552), as amended, so as to revise provisions relating to elections so as to provide that primaries and elections for the City of Ball Ground shall be held and conducted in accordance with the \"Georgia Election Code\"; to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; 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 1531"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1531 (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: ["Rick Jasperse"]
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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: "2026-03-09"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/807499e8-b117-4256-bd5b-b5130546c2d8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "52f811787fda23124f61874eb9d8e01a6c98d577f1ecbe2042c5ba2ed3441e6f"
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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 1531 (2025_26) — Ball Ground, City of; primaries and elections shall be held and conducted in accordance with the Georgia Election Code; revise provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Ball Ground, approved March 28, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4552), as amended, so as to revise provisions relating to elections so as to provide that primaries and elections for the City of Ball Ground shall be held and conducted in accordance with the "Georgia Election Code"; to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; 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 1531/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247390.pdf)
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2. **LC 61 0429/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245556.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245573.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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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-09** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-12** 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 581 `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/807499e8-b117-4256-bd5b-b5130546c2d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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