---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judge Ronald L. Newton Memorial Highway; Fannin County; dedicate"
description: "A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of the Honorable Ronald Lee Newton and dedicating a road in his honor; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HR 215"
citation: "Georgia HR 215 (2015_16)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ralston"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-04"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/424fd31d-a531-4c7f-877b-cfc7cbd0b873"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "90bbdbb67e4064f954ad37b0eb0c6e74d3c44b378001f8906085b93bb50f9329"
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 HR 215 (2015_16) — Judge Ronald L. Newton Memorial Highway; Fannin County; dedicate

A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of the Honorable Ronald Lee Newton and dedicating a road in his honor; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HR 215/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153497.pdf)
2. **LC 39 0840/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146941.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Ralston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-04** House Hopper
- **2015-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-18** 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`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 311 `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/424fd31d-a531-4c7f-877b-cfc7cbd0b873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).