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type: "Bill"
title: "Cleveland, City of; provide new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Cleveland; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for the exercise of powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a mayor pro tem; to provide for a city manager and powers and duties thereof; to provide for acting city managers; to provide for administrative responsibilities; to provide for boards, commissions, and authorities; to provide for sale of city property; to provide for bonds for officials; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 592"
citation: "Georgia HB 592 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stan Gunter", "Will Wade"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7145f77-bd33-464e-b899-ab89d965a934"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f6abf1b068c94d7978c0a52fc804b80700dac7763fa6d2bf4f10b9a9e01400b4"
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 592 (2025_26) — Cleveland, City of; provide new charter
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Cleveland; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for the exercise of powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a mayor pro tem; to provide for a city manager and powers and duties thereof; to provide for acting city managers; to provide for administrative responsibilities; to provide for boards, commissions, and authorities; to provide for sale of city property; to provide for bonds for officials; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; 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 592/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235744.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3304/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233517.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233530.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #99 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #221 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **43–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
- Will Wade — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** 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 151 `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/c7145f77-bd33-464e-b899-ab89d965a934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).