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type: "Bill"
title: "Barnesville, City of; city council; change description of election districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Barnesville, approved March 11, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 3865), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 12, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 3510), so as to change the description of the election districts for the city council; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 982"
citation: "Georgia HB 982 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Robert Dickey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a713ebf7-6168-477e-91bb-197fec6c3db6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9233b7df79d93ea22d4473005d0a5ba872391000cdf9641e7f801aa5da4ef698"
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 982 (2025_26) — Barnesville, City of; city council; change description of election districts
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Barnesville, approved March 11, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 3865), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 12, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 3510), so as to change the description of the election districts for the city council; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; 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 982/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242710.pdf)
2. **LC 61 0272/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239911.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239918.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #480 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #548 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Beth Camp — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-15** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 531 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a713ebf7-6168-477e-91bb-197fec6c3db6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).