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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Glynn County Police Department; abolish; transfer of assets and property of such police department; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the Glynn County Police Department; to provide for the transfer of assets and property of such police department; to provide for the transfer of duties and responsibilities of such police department; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, contingencies, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "SB 509"
+citation: "Georgia SB 509 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["William Ligon, Jr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-06-15"
+last_action: "2020-08-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8797d8b6-101d-424a-8834-8071858a3da7"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "50713fc48e5470927d408cbe998f9cd1ad4f45369681db14391a981d1357456f"
+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 509 (2019_20) — Glynn County Police Department; abolish; transfer of assets and property of such police department; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the Glynn County Police Department; to provide for the transfer of assets and property of such police department; to provide for the transfer of duties and responsibilities of such police department; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, contingencies, 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.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 28 9778** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193364.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193970.pdf)
+3. **SB 509/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194618.pdf)
+4. **SB509 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193365.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **46–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-15** Senate Hopper
+- **2020-06-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-06-18** Senate Transmitted House
+- **2020-06-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2020-06-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-06-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-06-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-08-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-08-05** Act 609 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-08-05** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8797d8b6-101d-424a-8834-8071858a3da7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+