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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bonds and Recognizances; increase fees allowed for continuing education programs"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bonds and recognizances, so as to increase fees allowed for continuing education programs; to require bench warrants to be issued at the end of each court day; to provide for notices to be delivered and obtained using e-mail; to change provisions relating to principals who do not appear for court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "SB 195"
+citation: "Georgia SB 195 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jack Hill", "Jesse Stone", "Michael Williams", "Steve Gooch", "William Ligon, Jr."]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-03-02"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b668cc7-d956-41dc-9df2-53bc02e84fc6"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e371254301be4fa7db50849784071dc92e55cc398fa7a75bb87e80b6b193a4bd"
+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 SB 195 (2015_16) — Bonds and Recognizances; increase fees allowed for continuing education programs
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bonds and recognizances, so as to increase fees allowed for continuing education programs; to require bench warrants to be issued at the end of each court day; to provide for notices to be delivered and obtained using e-mail; to change provisions relating to principals who do not appear for court; 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. **As introduced LC 29 6470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149692.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151045.pdf)
+3. **Floor amend 1 AM 21 3921** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150717.pdf)
+4. **Floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150939.pdf)
+5. **LC 29 6619S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152083.pdf)
+6. **SB 195/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154028.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **47–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jack Hill — primary (person)
+- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
+- Michael Williams — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-03-02** Senate Hopper
+- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2015-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 192 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b668cc7-d956-41dc-9df2-53bc02e84fc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+