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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; appointment of district attorney investigators; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of district attorney investigators in the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; to provide for qualifications; to provide for powers; to provide for a chief investigator; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 490"
+citation: "Georgia HB 490 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Carson", "Mandi Ballinger", "Michael Caldwell", "Scot Turner", "Wes Cantrell"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-25"
+last_action: "2015-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b7f8a17-1d23-4517-8ed3-b568ea0207ee"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "c0f71187edc5956461328e6bb9cb5ab5cb17aafa6a4ced9da0138e9ba1afc286"
+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 490 (2015_16) — Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; appointment of district attorney investigators; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of district attorney investigators in the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; to provide for qualifications; to provide for powers; to provide for a chief investigator; 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 490/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150688.pdf)
+2. **LC 21 3600/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149276.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Carson — primary (person)
+- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
+- Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Scot Turner — primary (person)
+- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-25** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-12** Act 232 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-12** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b7f8a17-1d23-4517-8ed3-b568ea0207ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+