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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fayetteville, City of; provide new charter"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Fayetteville; 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 governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, prohibitions, elections, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, and qualifications; to provide for franchises, service charges, and assessments; to provide for bonded and other indebtedness; to provide for accounting and budgeting; to provide for contracting and purchasing; 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."
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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 877"
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citation: "Georgia HB 877 (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: ["Debra Bazemore", "Derrick Jackson", "Josh Bonner", "Karen Mathiak"]
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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: "2025-03-28"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eced4e7-eba2-4037-9df0-8d185aa4a3f1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b3f3623129af4bdba370eada50e4fc580f2f0b28d3a5e0c93b799b47855ded69"
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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 877 (2025_26) — Fayetteville, City of; provide new charter
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Fayetteville; 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 governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, prohibitions, elections, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, and qualifications; to provide for franchises, service charges, and assessments; to provide for bonded and other indebtedness; to provide for accounting and budgeting; to provide for contracting and purchasing; 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.
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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 877/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242701.pdf)
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2. **LC 61 0241/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237960.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237961.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #480 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #548 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
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- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-28** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-03-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 656 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** 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/6eced4e7-eba2-4037-9df0-8d185aa4a3f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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