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type: "Bill"
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title: "Garden City, City of; mayor to fill any vacancy in the office of mayor pro tempore; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Garden City, approved April 17, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 3581), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 4332), so as to provide for the mayor to fill any vacancy in the office of mayor pro tempore; to provide for 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 966"
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citation: "Georgia HB 966 (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: ["Anne Allen Westbrook", "Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "Edna Jackson", "Ron Stephens"]
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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: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acf8084f-4a55-4675-aa24-d4cb5078b301"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6cb39dc725a588eb8d6d4bd65d7b1ac6ce68fc9054da1ca9a7d0a110eca65638"
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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 966 (2025_26) — Garden City, City of; mayor to fill any vacancy in the office of mayor pro tempore; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Garden City, approved April 17, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 3581), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 4332), so as to provide for the mayor to fill any vacancy in the office of mayor pro tempore; to provide for 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 966/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243577.pdf)
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2. **LC 62 0244/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239857.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239863.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #571 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #506 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Anne Allen Westbrook — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
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- Edna Jackson — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-02** Act 376 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-02** 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/acf8084f-4a55-4675-aa24-d4cb5078b301`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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