---
type: "Bill"
title: "Milledgeville-Baldwin County; provide for unified government; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the unified government of Milledgeville-Baldwin County; to provide for boundaries and districts; to provide for powers and duties; to provide for organization, qualifications, election, terms, and filling of vacancies; to provide for associated offices, departments, and agencies; to provide for budgets and financial matters; to provide for a transition period; to provide for the repeal of certain Acts; to provide for a referendum; 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 67"
citation: "Georgia HB 67 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rusty Kidd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-15"
last_action: "2015-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4580051a-ad9e-4e64-bf46-4d565061e4b2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "37e2a32192916a917c3ab91c27d8066595882689b7c26da80c4f4ab822a3b553"
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 67 (2015_16) — Milledgeville-Baldwin County; provide for unified government; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the unified government of Milledgeville-Baldwin County; to provide for boundaries and districts; to provide for powers and duties; to provide for organization, qualifications, election, terms, and filling of vacancies; to provide for associated offices, departments, and agencies; to provide for budgets and financial matters; to provide for a transition period; to provide for the repeal of certain Acts; to provide for a referendum; 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 67/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148678.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7374/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145539.pdf)
3. **LC 28 7432S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146679.pdf)
4. **LC 28 7432S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146617.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **146–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rusty Kidd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-15** House Hopper
- **2015-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-18** 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 83 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4580051a-ad9e-4e64-bf46-4d565061e4b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).