---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Buford; a certain map; adopt by reference"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Buford, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4622), as amended, so as to adopt by reference a certain map; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Georgia SB 245 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Renee Unterman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-18"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b01d9de-3235-4c32-b3c0-8ffa10a5ab1a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c7383acfd1bfc7621a505d47bcd97df5d0995b4bf7de41d5c08aca8c918c0ec6"
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 245 (2019_20) — City of Buford; a certain map; adopt by reference

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Buford, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4622), as amended, so as to adopt by reference a certain map; 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 LC 44 1212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184907.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186624.pdf)
3. **SB245 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184910.pdf)
4. **SB245/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187579.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Renee Unterman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18** Senate Hopper
- **2019-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Act 201 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b01d9de-3235-4c32-b3c0-8ffa10a5ab1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).