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type: "Bill"
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title: "Incorporation of Municipal Corporations; transition of certain services related to newly incorporated municipalities in certain counties; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 31 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to incorporation of municipal corporations, so as to provide for the transition of certain services related to newly incorporated municipalities in certain counties; to provide definitions; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fees and taxes related to insurance, so as to revise provisions related to population data related to newly incorporated municipalities and municipal taxes on life insurance and other insurance companies; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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: "SB 138"
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citation: "Georgia SB 138 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Clint Dixon", "Ed Setzler", "Jason Anavitarte", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-10"
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last_action: "2025-05-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5cd1df8-ad23-445e-9291-210b79c195db"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8ed69b1f84bca258c8e724c74c13c02074e3478612675c7b85facac0ea891118"
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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 SB 138 (2025_26) — Incorporation of Municipal Corporations; transition of certain services related to newly incorporated municipalities in certain counties; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 31 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to incorporation of municipal corporations, so as to provide for the transition of certain services related to newly incorporated municipalities in certain counties; to provide definitions; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fees and taxes related to insurance, so as to revise provisions related to population data related to newly incorporated municipalities and municipal taxes on life insurance and other insurance companies; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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. **As Introduced LC 47 3336** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231775.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233324.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 47 3385S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232559.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233214.pdf)
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5. **SB 138/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236168.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #73 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **32–22** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #276 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **96–69** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #72 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **21–32** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-10** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 289 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** 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/d5cd1df8-ad23-445e-9291-210b79c195db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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