---
type: "Bill"
title: "Houston County; Commission on Children and Youth; repeal an Act"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating the Houston County Commission on Children and Youth, approved April 14, 1997 (Ga. L.1997, p. 4177); to provide for the assets and liabilities thereof; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1048"
citation: "Georgia HB 1048 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden", "Heath Clark", "James Epps", "Robert Dickey", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7209e7f7-2064-4329-898f-7e4915953bb7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "76cdb4678ceedbca7a9e89bb29511ad0ccbe001733040dc8c7c39d46cc6396ec"
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 1048 (2015_16) — Houston County; Commission on Children and Youth; repeal an Act

A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating the Houston County Commission on Children and Youth, approved April 14, 1997 (Ga. L.1997, p. 4177); to provide for the assets and liabilities thereof; 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 1048/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160411.pdf)
2. **LC 44 0045/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157910.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **151–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buddy Harden — primary (person)
- Heath Clark — primary (person)
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** House Hopper
- **2016-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 562 `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7209e7f7-2064-4329-898f-7e4915953bb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).