---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; appointment of district attorney investigators; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of district attorney investigators in the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; to provide for qualifications; to provide for powers; to provide for a chief investigator; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 490"
citation: "Georgia HB 490 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Carson", "Mandi Ballinger", "Michael Caldwell", "Scot Turner", "Wes Cantrell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b7f8a17-1d23-4517-8ed3-b568ea0207ee"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c0f71187edc5956461328e6bb9cb5ab5cb17aafa6a4ced9da0138e9ba1afc286"
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 490 (2015_16) — Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; appointment of district attorney investigators; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of district attorney investigators in the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; to provide for qualifications; to provide for powers; to provide for a chief investigator; 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 490/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150688.pdf)
2. **LC 21 3600/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149276.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Carson — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
- Scot Turner — primary (person)
- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-25** House Hopper
- **2015-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 232 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b7f8a17-1d23-4517-8ed3-b568ea0207ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).