---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations; directors and officers; enact reforms consistent with the Model Act; functions of a board of directors; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to directors and officers, so as to enact reforms consistent with the Model Act; to change provisions relating to the functions of a board of directors; to change provisions relating to elections of directors; to change provisions relating to terms for directors; to change provisions relating to actions without meetings; to change provisions relating to committees; to change provisions relating to derivative actions; to change provisions relating to officers; to change provisions relating to functions of officers; to change provisions relating to resignation and removal of officers; to enact provisions relating to business opportunities; 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: "SB 128"
citation: "Georgia SB 128 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charlie Bethel", "Elena Parent", "Harold Jones II", "John Kennedy", "Judson Hill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-17"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e297214b-3805-4956-ab2b-0c64ea70b619"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c5fda285d1b32195c04d2a49c0b01a096b9969856eaa190e10c2c45a4ab8350c"
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 SB 128 (2015_16) — Corporations; directors and officers; enact reforms consistent with the Model Act; functions of a board of directors; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to directors and officers, so as to enact reforms consistent with the Model Act; to change provisions relating to the functions of a board of directors; to change provisions relating to elections of directors; to change provisions relating to terms for directors; to change provisions relating to actions without meetings; to change provisions relating to committees; to change provisions relating to derivative actions; to change provisions relating to officers; to change provisions relating to functions of officers; to change provisions relating to resignation and removal of officers; to enact provisions relating to business opportunities; 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. **As introduced LC 29 6351ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148344.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150812.pdf)
3. **Floor Amendment - AM 29 2440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153708.pdf)
4. **LC 29 6627ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152255.pdf)
5. **SB 128/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162147.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Judson Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-17** Senate Hopper
- **2015-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 364 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e297214b-3805-4956-ab2b-0c64ea70b619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).