---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stonecrest, City of; provide for a charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County; to provide for a charter for the City of Stonecrest; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for severability; 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 208"
citation: "Georgia SB 208 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emanuel Jones", "Gail Davenport", "Gloria Butler", "Ronald Ramsey, Sr.", "Steve Henson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-05"
last_action: "2016-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0542b00d-fa62-409d-9bab-1b6e5238aa25"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "300ef2332cc946d411154056f8f250bfa60c437e59b2c450a3b00200849304dd"
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 208 (2015_16) — Stonecrest, City of; provide for a charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County; to provide for a charter for the City of Stonecrest; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for severability; 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 7584ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150390.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7858ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156487.pdf)
3. **LC 28 8043ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159898.pdf)
4. **SB 208 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151345.pdf)
5. **SB 208/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162357.pdf)

## Votes

- MOTION TO TABLE — **36–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
- Steve Henson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-05** Senate Hopper
- **2015-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Tabled
- **2015-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
- **2015-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Transmitted House
- **2015-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-21** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-21** Act 328 `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-21** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0542b00d-fa62-409d-9bab-1b6e5238aa25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).