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type: "Bill"
title: "Decatur County; board of commissioners; change district residency requirements for candidates"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act relating to the board of commissioners of Decatur County, approved March 4, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 630), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3718), so as to change the district residency requirements for candidates for the office of commissioner; 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 5"
citation: "Georgia HB 5 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Campbell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4be21efc-5115-4072-a099-80b6921803a9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "145065d962333098531dd551e3f8d175e097cbdf3ea0b015f6bd1284855dd01f"
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 5 (2025_26) — Decatur County; board of commissioners; change district residency requirements for candidates
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act relating to the board of commissioners of Decatur County, approved March 4, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 630), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3718), so as to change the district residency requirements for candidates for the office of commissioner; 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 5/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232370.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3159/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/229747.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/229820.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #15 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #45 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Joe Campbell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 132 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4be21efc-5115-4072-a099-80b6921803a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).