---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dougherty County; coroner and deputy coroners; provide compensation"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for compensation of the coroner and deputy coroners of Dougherty County; to provide for duties and responsibilities of the coroner; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 476"
citation: "Georgia HB 476 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darrel Ealum", "Gerald Greene", "Winfred Dukes"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-23"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db9b96cd-0495-40b7-a439-f8ac1686d023"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1a2ee08bfc3896f9e70b99fb62fbbb4ee34ed395e50fd8588c06e7d08b792fc9"
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 HB 476 (2017_18) — Dougherty County; coroner and deputy coroners; provide compensation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for compensation of the coroner and deputy coroners of Dougherty County; to provide for duties and responsibilities of the coroner; 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendar — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darrel Ealum — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Winfred Dukes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-23** House Hopper
- **2017-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Act 111 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db9b96cd-0495-40b7-a439-f8ac1686d023`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).