---
type: "Bill"
title: "Newton County; reestablish the board of commissioners; supersede the laws pertaining to governing authority of Newton County"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to reestablish the Board of Commissioners of Newton County; to supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Newton County; to provide for a board of commissioners, commissioner districts, a chair of the board, a county manager, a clerk to the board, and ethics provisions; to provide for meetings, agendas, and the conduct of meetings; to provide for budgeting, audits, financial condition, and approval of expenditures; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation and other conflicting laws; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 423"
citation: "Georgia SB 423 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JaNice VanNess", "Rick Jeffares"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-03-02"
last_action: "2017-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a266ca9c-df92-4455-bcad-5fea07604e93"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a374d9ad798ad8032f2813ebc54d8e187586f68fb56bf0e7a3e60f830462c0d0"
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 423 (2015_16) — Newton County; reestablish the board of commissioners; supersede the laws pertaining to governing authority of Newton County

A BILL to be entitled an Act to reestablish the Board of Commissioners of Newton County; to supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Newton County; to provide for a board of commissioners, commissioner districts, a chair of the board, a county manager, a clerk to the board, and ethics provisions; to provide for meetings, agendas, and the conduct of meetings; to provide for budgeting, audits, financial condition, and approval of expenditures; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation and other conflicting laws; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced LC 44 0091** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159354.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160224.pdf)
3. **Floor AM 1 AM 44 0029** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161725.pdf)
4. **LC 44 0181S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160852.pdf)
5. **SB 423 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162528.pdf)
6. **SB 423/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162486.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-02** Senate Hopper
- **2016-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-16** 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 As Amended
- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 401 `executive-signature`
- **2017-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a266ca9c-df92-4455-bcad-5fea07604e93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).