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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Newton County; reestablish the board of commissioners; supersede the laws pertaining to governing authority of Newton County"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to reestablish the Board of Commissioners of Newton County; to supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Newton County; to provide for a board of commissioners, commissioner districts, a chair of the board, a county manager, a clerk to the board, and ethics provisions; to provide for meetings, agendas, and the conduct of meetings; to provide for budgeting, audits, financial condition, and approval of expenditures; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation and other conflicting laws; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "SB 423"
+citation: "Georgia SB 423 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["JaNice VanNess", "Rick Jeffares"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-03-02"
+last_action: "2017-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a266ca9c-df92-4455-bcad-5fea07604e93"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "a374d9ad798ad8032f2813ebc54d8e187586f68fb56bf0e7a3e60f830462c0d0"
+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 423 (2015_16) — Newton County; reestablish the board of commissioners; supersede the laws pertaining to governing authority of Newton County
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to reestablish the Board of Commissioners of Newton County; to supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Newton County; to provide for a board of commissioners, commissioner districts, a chair of the board, a county manager, a clerk to the board, and ethics provisions; to provide for meetings, agendas, and the conduct of meetings; to provide for budgeting, audits, financial condition, and approval of expenditures; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation and other conflicting laws; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 44 0091** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159354.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160224.pdf)
+3. **Floor AM 1 AM 44 0029** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161725.pdf)
+4. **LC 44 0181S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160852.pdf)
+5. **SB 423 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162528.pdf)
+6. **SB 423/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162486.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- JaNice VanNess — primary (person)
+- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-03-02** Senate Hopper
+- **2016-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2016-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 401 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a266ca9c-df92-4455-bcad-5fea07604e93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+