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type: "Bill"
title: "Oglethorpe, City of; certain hearings of the governing authority; revise provisions"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 789"
citation: "Georgia HB 789 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patty Marie Stinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35bf6212-24bd-4b2f-b852-90ca903cbb05"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5da4e0550356bc215bb94e517f343ceff902815d8e37b2943ab618ae7fd09d84"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238120.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3456/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236325.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236369.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35bf6212-24bd-4b2f-b852-90ca903cbb05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).