---
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).