---
type: "Bill"
title: "Glynn County Police Department; abolish; transfer of assets and property of such police department; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the Glynn County Police Department; to provide for the transfer of assets and property of such police department; to provide for the transfer of duties and responsibilities of such police department; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, contingencies, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 509"
citation: "Georgia SB 509 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Ligon, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-15"
last_action: "2020-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8797d8b6-101d-424a-8834-8071858a3da7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "50713fc48e5470927d408cbe998f9cd1ad4f45369681db14391a981d1357456f"
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 509 (2019_20) — Glynn County Police Department; abolish; transfer of assets and property of such police department; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the Glynn County Police Department; to provide for the transfer of assets and property of such police department; to provide for the transfer of duties and responsibilities of such police department; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, contingencies, 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.

1. **As introduced LC 28 9778** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193364.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193970.pdf)
3. **SB 509/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194618.pdf)
4. **SB509 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193365.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-15** Senate Hopper
- **2020-06-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-18** Senate Transmitted House
- **2020-06-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-05** Act 609 `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-05** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8797d8b6-101d-424a-8834-8071858a3da7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).