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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Funds; when funds shall be considered to held by a depository; specify; State Depository Board certain policies and procedures related to deposit placement programs; establish"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accounting for public funds, so as to specify when funds shall be considered to be held by a depository; to require the State Depository Board to establish certain policies and procedures related to deposit placement programs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "SB 157"
+citation: "Georgia SB 157 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "John Kennedy", "Mike Dugan", "William Ligon, Jr."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-21"
+last_action: "2019-05-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ca86ff0-d733-457a-90ef-f127a680a51b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "c952c963e9913600c32156d95cecefed0c67a7589e95b7b89416edd8c2d1f282"
+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 157 (2019_20) — Public Funds; when funds shall be considered to held by a depository; specify; State Depository Board certain policies and procedures related to deposit placement programs; establish
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accounting for public funds, so as to specify when funds shall be considered to be held by a depository; to require the State Depository Board to establish certain policies and procedures related to deposit placement programs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 36 3831** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182390.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183619.pdf)
+3. **SB 157/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186233.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
+- Burt Jones — primary (person)
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- Jack Hill — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
+- John Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
+- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-21** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-02** Act 137 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-02** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ca86ff0-d733-457a-90ef-f127a680a51b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+