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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Walker County; Board of Commissioners; create"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Walker County; to provide for continuation of certain obligations and liabilities; to provide for the composition of the board; to provide for the specific repeal of a certain local Act; to provide for a referendum; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 615"
+citation: "Georgia HB 615 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Deffenbaugh", "Steve Tarvin"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-03-20"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fed8d975-80e0-4830-bf90-ebc062411be5"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "bfe155f96d73e1fddb3255fc1eafe450979d77a12edf6e2b184ad83603eb2a28"
+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 615 (2017_18) — Walker County; Board of Commissioners; create
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Walker County; to provide for continuation of certain obligations and liabilities; to provide for the composition of the board; to provide for the specific repeal of a certain local Act; to provide for a referendum; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- Supplemental Local Calendar — **150–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Deffenbaugh — primary (person)
+- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-20** House Hopper
+- **2017-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2017-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-04** Act 165 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-04** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fed8d975-80e0-4830-bf90-ebc062411be5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+