---
type: "Bill"
title: "Putman County; board of commissioners; provide for staggered terms"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Putnam County, approved September 8, 1879 (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 334), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 15, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 3596), so as to provide for staggered terms; 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 75"
citation: "Georgia SB 75 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-02"
last_action: "2015-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f41e8d62-897f-403c-b5c5-78533956c6e3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8f74d741f8f9be890c4a8803eff1921325ec95cc69a231c4f35d0fd2c851b409"
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 75 (2015_16) — Putman County; board of commissioners; provide for staggered terms

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Putnam County, approved September 8, 1879 (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 334), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 15, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 3596), so as to provide for staggered terms; 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 LC28 7354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146586.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147781.pdf)
3. **SB 75 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148167.pdf)
4. **SB 75/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149557.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burt Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-02** Senate Hopper
- **2015-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 168 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f41e8d62-897f-403c-b5c5-78533956c6e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).