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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Rockdale County; board of commissioners; increase the board of commissioners to five members"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners for Rockdale County, approved March 4, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 2817), as amended, so as to increase the board of commissioners to five members; to revise the office of chairperson; to provide for initial terms of office; to provide for a county manager; to revise provisions related to the powers and duties of the board of commissioners, chairperson, and county manager; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "SB 238"
+citation: "Georgia SB 238 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tonya Anderson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-21"
+last_action: "2025-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da0a32e7-b9d6-4f14-a3de-f437d56ae922"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "aeeedb3506a89763294612763581f6cb8c6c004f12a72e45c167ecdfd76cd55e"
+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 238 (2025_26) — Rockdale County; board of commissioners; increase the board of commissioners to five members
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners for Rockdale County, approved March 4, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 2817), as amended, so as to increase the board of commissioners to five members; to revise the office of chairperson; to provide for initial terms of office; to provide for a county manager; to revise provisions related to the powers and duties of the board of commissioners, chairperson, and county manager; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234670.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 47 3375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233432.pdf)
+3. **SB 238 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233437.pdf)
+4. **SB 238/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236173.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #273 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #106 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-21** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Veto V7 `executive-veto`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da0a32e7-b9d6-4f14-a3de-f437d56ae922`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+