republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-155.md

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Bill	Local government; selection and objection to arbitrators; revise procedures	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for resolving annexation disputes, so as to revise procedures for the selection and objection to arbitrators; to revise how arbitration panels report their findings and recommendations; to revise provisions relating to compensation of arbitrators; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 155	Georgia HB 155 (2025_26)	bill	APPEAL AND ERROR LOCAL GOVERNMENT	enacted	Brad Thomas Brent Cox Chas Cannon John LaHood Joseph Gullett Victor Anderson	10	18	6	2025-01-28	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/77e7757b-e100-4dcc-bb1a-d826c6f56403	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ce9b2b4400a88f0f1c09673eeab1a9a9db3504c8baadb2bdf06c5f183dba7775	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 155 (2025_26) — Local government; selection and objection to arbitrators; revise procedures

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for resolving annexation disputes, so as to revise procedures for the selection and objection to arbitrators; to revise how arbitration panels report their findings and recommendations; to revise provisions relating to compensation of arbitrators; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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. Floor Amendment AM 47 0153 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 155/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 3228/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 47 3326S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 47 3326S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 155 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Ctee Sub LC 47 3595S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 47 0149 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 47 0159 (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen floor amend 2 AM 47 0160 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #468 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 36–17 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #55 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 172–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #451 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 117–49 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #358 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #396 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 130–35 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #357 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 47–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brad Thomas — primary (person)
• Brent Cox — primary (person)
• Chas Cannon — primary (person)
• John LaHood — primary (person)
• Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
• Victor Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-01-28 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-01-30 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-06 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2025-04-04 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2025-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-12 Act 128 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77e7757b-e100-4dcc-bb1a-d826c6f56403. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).