republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-789.md

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Bill	Oglethorpe, City of; certain hearings of the governing authority; revise provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Oglethorpe, approved March 11, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 2630), as amended, so as to revise provisions relating to certain hearings of the governing authority; to revise provisions related to the powers of the mayor pro tem; to revise provisions related to filling vacancies on the mayor and council; to update provisions related to the municipal court; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 789	Georgia HB 789 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Patty Marie Stinson	3	13	2	2025-03-18	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/35bf6212-24bd-4b2f-b852-90ca903cbb05	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5da4e0550356bc215bb94e517f343ceff902815d8e37b2943ab618ae7fd09d84	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 789 (2025_26) — Oglethorpe, City of; certain hearings of the governing authority; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Oglethorpe, approved March 11, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 2630), as amended, so as to revise provisions relating to certain hearings of the governing authority; to revise provisions related to the powers of the mayor pro tem; to revise provisions related to filling vacancies on the mayor and council; to update provisions related to the municipal court; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 789/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3456/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #317 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 164–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #339 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Patty Marie Stinson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-03-18 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-27 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-31 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 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 230 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35bf6212-24bd-4b2f-b852-90ca903cbb05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).