---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Newton County Community Improvement District Act\"; provide for purpose; definitions; board to administer such district or districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Newton County; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 377"
citation: "Georgia SB 377 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JaNice VanNess", "Rick Jeffares"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-12"
last_action: "2016-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d13b03d-f30b-4db4-967c-101afc13a0f8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "da067bbacf29cf86e0a45d19993b666ac787c7271ab7d0b25c8333adff699b2f"
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 377 (2015_16) — "Newton County Community Improvement District Act"; provide for purpose; definitions; board to administer such district or districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Newton County; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for severability; 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 7824ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158530.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158534.pdf)
3. **Floor Amendment AM 44 0009** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160701.pdf)
4. **SB 377 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157439.pdf)
5. **SB 377/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162398.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JaNice VanNess — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-12** Senate Hopper
- **2016-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-16** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 346 `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d13b03d-f30b-4db4-967c-101afc13a0f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).