---
type: "Bill"
title: "J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to enact the \"J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act\"; to repeal obsolete and outdated provisions; to repeal provisions which have been deemed unconstitutional; to update obsolete and outdated terminology; to repeal certain provisions relating to preclearance requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "Georgia HB 252 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "B.J. Pak", "Matt Hatchett", "Matt Ramsey", "Michael Caldwell", "Wes Cantrell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-09"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10972133-c13d-4095-847f-27092f236550"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b4b675c25043f5600d675ff43b61e1203ca51731c60189b3514f026ddc928629"
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 252 (2015_16) — J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to enact the "J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act"; to repeal obsolete and outdated provisions; to repeal provisions which have been deemed unconstitutional; to update obsolete and outdated terminology; to repeal certain provisions relating to preclearance requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other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. **HB 252/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152753.pdf)
2. **LC 33 5696/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147062.pdf)
3. **LC 33 5985S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149786.pdf)
4. **LC 33 5985S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148468.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- B.J. Pak — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
- Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Act 70 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10972133-c13d-4095-847f-27092f236550`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).