---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bainbridge-Decatur County Recreation Authority; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Bainbridge-Decatur County Recreation Authority and to authorize such authority to provide recreational services throughout Decatur County; to provide for related matters; to provide for activation of the authority; 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 238"
citation: "Georgia SB 238 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean Burke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-24"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aa0eabc-4fe9-4b5b-a9ce-9c6488643e00"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "feef6e424db84989659677ffc32eea7d46584323a301e60744886b1d606d32e8"
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 238 (2015_16) — Bainbridge-Decatur County Recreation Authority; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Bainbridge-Decatur County Recreation Authority and to authorize such authority to provide recreational services throughout Decatur County; to provide for related matters; to provide for activation of the authority; 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 7652ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152048.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153404.pdf)
3. **SB 238 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154066.pdf)
4. **SB 238/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153879.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dean Burke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-24** Senate Hopper
- **2015-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** 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** Act 298 `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/7aa0eabc-4fe9-4b5b-a9ce-9c6488643e00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).