Alpharetta, City of; election of city offices by majority vote; provide
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend, consolidate, create, revise, and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Alpharetta, approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4609), as amended, so as to provide for election to city offices by majority vote; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 26, 2025
Signed May 13, 2025
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LC 44 2946/a
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HB 640/AP*
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MINOR
The bill title was updated to reflect that it has passed both the House and Senate, and the bill number designation was changed from LC 44 2946 to LC 44 2946/AP to indicate its amended status. These are primarily technical and formatting updates indicating the bill's legislative progress rather than substantive policy changes.
TECHNICAL
Bill title updated to include '(AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)' to reflect its legislative status.
Bill number designation changed from LC 44 2946 to LC 44 2946/AP to indicate amended version.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 18, 2025 · House Mar 4, 2025
How they voted
50–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 55
Mar 18, 2025
D
Democratic22
95% Yea
R
Republican33
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
Act 159
upper
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chuck Martin
RRepublican
P
Jan Jones
RRepublican
P
Michelle Au
DDemocratic
P
Scott Hilton
RRepublican
P
Todd Jones
RRepublican
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