---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Newton County Community Improvement Districts Act\""
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Newton County and in each municipality therein; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "Georgia SB 182 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Jeffares", "Ronald Ramsey, Sr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83ba926d-bc9b-4810-8bbb-b20b83188edc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "cb4280daa86106fa876880e977c5a0083758f869d05d0f501b6bbb4de71afbc9"
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 182 (2015_16) — "Newton County Community Improvement Districts Act"

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Newton County and in each municipality therein; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 28 7431ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149433.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150551.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 28 7578ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150450.pdf)
4. **SB 182 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150479.pdf)
5. **SB 182/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152983.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
- Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Senate Hopper
- **2015-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Veto V10 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83ba926d-bc9b-4810-8bbb-b20b83188edc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).