---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Conveyance; authorizing 8 counties"
description: "A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance and lease of various state owned real properties; 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: "SR 955"
citation: "Georgia SR 955 (2015_16)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Hunter Hill", "JaNice VanNess", "John Kennedy", "Rick Jeffares"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-10"
last_action: "2016-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/969d95ff-6a2b-474d-a920-d8417773d77c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9611195d589deffee6dacde7564fbaef44b33fed88188bcdf4fbed54ea26ec01"
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 SR 955 (2015_16) — Property Conveyance; authorizing 8 counties

A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance and lease of various state owned real properties; 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. **Adopted Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158460.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 44 0079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157169.pdf)
3. **LC 44 0147S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159855.pdf)
4. **SR 955/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162508.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPTION — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
- JaNice VanNess — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-10** Senate Hopper
- **2016-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-02-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-02-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 534 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/969d95ff-6a2b-474d-a920-d8417773d77c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).