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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alpharetta, City of; election of city offices by majority vote; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend, consolidate, create, revise, and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Alpharetta, approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4609), as amended, so as to provide for election to city offices by majority vote; 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 640"
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citation: "Georgia HB 640 (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: ["Charles Martin", "Jan Jones", "Michelle Au", "Scott Hilton", "Todd Jones"]
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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/112f8c57-dde1-4f5a-9bce-977ff262211b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d46dcae2ac72552568c9ef35cde0cd3dfe7fe1b8fa3638a225c1ec79dcb5551b"
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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 640 (2025_26) — Alpharetta, City of; election of city offices by majority vote; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend, consolidate, create, revise, and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Alpharetta, approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4609), as amended, so as to provide for election to city offices by majority vote; 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 640/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236227.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 2946/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233977.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234015.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #235 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Charles Martin — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Michelle Au — primary (person)
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- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
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- Todd Jones — 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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- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** 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 159 `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/112f8c57-dde1-4f5a-9bce-977ff262211b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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