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type: "Bill"
title: "Fort Valley, City of; deannex certain territory"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Fort Valley, approved August 22, 1907 (Ga. L. 1907, p. 651), as amended, so as to deannex certain territory from the city limits; to provide that the city shall be obligated to transfer title in any real or personal property related to the operation of the utility system upon the request of the utility commission; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1555"
citation: "Georgia HB 1555 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "Patty Marie Stinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-16"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/324e5414-82e6-4c62-b39d-75a7dbb3ddb6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7c9969438eba1e05381d62c4e6bead36641b02c8a3f1b60462824a268450470f"
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 1555 (2025_26) — Fort Valley, City of; deannex certain territory
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Fort Valley, approved August 22, 1907 (Ga. L. 1907, p. 651), as amended, so as to deannex certain territory from the city limits; to provide that the city shall be obligated to transfer title in any real or personal property related to the operation of the utility system upon the request of the utility commission; to provide for related matters; 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 1555/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247854.pdf)
2. **LC 47 4161/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245942.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245978.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #739 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #825 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
- Patty Marie Stinson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-16** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 644 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/324e5414-82e6-4c62-b39d-75a7dbb3ddb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).