---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ringgold, City of; modify compensation and expenses; selection of mayor; memberships of boards, commissions, and authorities"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Ringgold, approved May 6, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3624), so as to modify compensation and expenses, rules of procedure, a quorum, removal of the city manager, council interference with administration, and selection of the mayor and mayor pro tempore; to modify membership of boards, commissions, and authorities; to modify provisions for vacancies; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 425"
citation: "Georgia SB 425 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Mullis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-03-04"
last_action: "2016-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5696cf7-52b1-4e67-95d3-9c240848b654"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b393d00e39f4e00536f5a0655174830bfeee655c658e933cc46f276a10986ce5"
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 425 (2015_16) — Ringgold, City of; modify compensation and expenses; selection of mayor; memberships of boards, commissions, and authorities

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Ringgold, approved May 6, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3624), so as to modify compensation and expenses, rules of procedure, a quorum, removal of the city manager, council interference with administration, and selection of the mayor and mayor pro tempore; to modify membership of boards, commissions, and authorities; to modify provisions for vacancies; to provide for related matters; 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 44 0093** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159453.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159663.pdf)
3. **SB 425 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162530.pdf)
4. **SB 425/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161104.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-04** Senate Hopper
- **2016-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 410 `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/f5696cf7-52b1-4e67-95d3-9c240848b654`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).