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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cobb County; board of commissioners; revise a requirement for public hearings"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Cobb County, Georgia, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4492), as amended, so as to revise a requirement for public hearings before the commission is authorized to spend over $100,000.00 to employ an independent consultant or conduct an independent study; to provide for other 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 637"
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citation: "Georgia HB 637 (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: ["David Wilkerson", "Lisa Campbell", "Mary Frances Williams", "Michael Smith", "Sharon Cooper", "Terry Cummings"]
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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: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbcbb39a-3e23-4cf1-a932-808c82e28e76"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "95b7503696f3dc955469de094f28dc7eb681fd8b1c402c919e1a0a4c12891310"
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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 637 (2025_26) — Cobb County; board of commissioners; revise a requirement for public hearings
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Cobb County, Georgia, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4492), as amended, so as to revise a requirement for public hearings before the commission is authorized to spend over $100,000.00 to employ an independent consultant or conduct an independent study; to provide for other 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 637/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238012.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 3064/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233980.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233998.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #313 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #279 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
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- Lisa Campbell — primary (person)
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- Mary Frances Williams — primary (person)
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- Michael Smith — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Terry Cummings — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 158 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** 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/cbcbb39a-3e23-4cf1-a932-808c82e28e76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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