---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forsyth County; compensation of the coroner and deputy coroner; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for compensation of the coroner and deputy coroner of Forsyth County; to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustment increases for the coroner; to provide for salary supplements for 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: "SB 265"
citation: "Georgia SB 265 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Williams"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-27"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d92af8ee-3209-42f8-b1ab-084c6abb2ea6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "49e8ef647d4c5219867c3dbff826eaaebdd9fe36a36d331905f6f6955bc78785"
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 265 (2017_18) — Forsyth County; compensation of the coroner and deputy coroner; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for compensation of the coroner and deputy coroner of Forsyth County; to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustment increases for the coroner; to provide for salary supplements for 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 CONSENT CALENDAR — **45–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27** Senate Hopper
- **2017-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-02** Act 75 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-02** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d92af8ee-3209-42f8-b1ab-084c6abb2ea6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).