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type: "Bill"
title: "Newnan, City of; change corporate limits"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating and providing a new charter for the City of Newnan, approved March 31, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5160), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits; 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 838"
citation: "Georgia HB 838 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Jenkins", "Josh Bonner", "Lydia Glaize", "Lynn Smith", "Robert Dawson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2336af6-46ae-4043-b18d-018ec295779b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "859c72d623b559253af35807517c3a382aa22b31fd60ff9239de1d3dad39baf9"
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 838 (2025_26) — Newnan, City of; change corporate limits
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating and providing a new charter for the City of Newnan, approved March 31, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5160), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits; 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 838/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239296.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3665/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237195.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237381.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #446 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David Jenkins — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Lydia Glaize — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Robert Dawson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-25** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 238 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2336af6-46ae-4043-b18d-018ec295779b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).