---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Barwick; provide a new charter; incorporation, boundaries, powers and construction"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Barwick; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, powers and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; 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 439"
citation: "Georgia SB 439 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis Black"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-03-14"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7e999d6-bbfd-4ffd-bd2f-b55c5b4c423b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5181a8064146688e35b0b71e36e97ba0cd610cd974b90f42ef4c22730b12923c"
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 439 (2015_16) — City of Barwick; provide a new charter; incorporation, boundaries, powers and construction

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Barwick; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, powers and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; 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 44 0144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160280.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160804.pdf)
3. **SB 439 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162542.pdf)
4. **SB439/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162137.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellis Black — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-14** Senate Hopper
- **2016-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-24** 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 419 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7e999d6-bbfd-4ffd-bd2f-b55c5b4c423b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).