---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Commissioners of Walker County; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Walker County; to provide for continuation of certain obligations and liabilities; to provide for the composition of the board; to provide for the specific repeal of a certain local Act; to provide for a referendum; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 292"
citation: "Georgia SB 292 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Mullis"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96f1e347-410c-4fa7-a022-128385cbc99f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fb54143ccae489c7b8c9523909c01733db6daca4f981089deb9ea3f870703580"
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 292 (2017_18) — Board of Commissioners of Walker County; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Walker County; to provide for continuation of certain obligations and liabilities; to provide for the composition of the board; to provide for the specific repeal of a certain local Act; to provide for a referendum; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and automatic repeal; 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 — **52–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16** Senate Hopper
- **2017-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-30** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-02** Act 79 `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/96f1e347-410c-4fa7-a022-128385cbc99f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).