HB 1246 Georgia House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Clayton, City of; provide new charter

Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Clayton; to provide for reincorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for the examples of powers; 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 officers; to provide for prior ordinances, current employees, and pending matters; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for charter reviews; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 9, 2026 Signed May 11, 2026
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What changed between versions

LC 47 3892/a HB 1246/AP* · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text was updated to reflect that it has passed both the House and the Senate, and the version identifier was changed from 'LC 47 3892' to 'LC 47 3892/AP' to indicate the approved version. These are primarily technical and formatting updates confirming the bill's legislative status rather than changes to the actual policy, funding, or legal requirements.
TECHNICAL

Updated the bill title to include '(AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)' and changed the version number to 'LC 47 3892/AP' to reflect its final legislative status.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2026 · House Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

510
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 52
Feb 24, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
31 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
Act 553
upper
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Victor Anderson
Victor Anderson
RRepublican
GA
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