---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Commissioners of Henry County; a code of ethics; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new Board of Commissioners of Henry County, approved March 28, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 3680), as amended, so as to provide a code of ethics; to establish a board of ethics; to revise the authority, roles, and responsibilities of the chairperson, the board of commissioners, and the county manager; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Georgia SB 22 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emanuel Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d96ed0b9-d560-4fb9-b4a1-e7652ed4a6ee"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5d5b8ba4f6bf6a8870f9cfff01d753b2c46ab2cd846529f3b0b9d4f15f561ab3"
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 22 (2021_22) — Board of Commissioners of Henry County; a code of ethics; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new Board of Commissioners of Henry County, approved March 28, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 3680), as amended, so as to provide a code of ethics; to establish a board of ethics; to revise the authority, roles, and responsibilities of the chairperson, the board of commissioners, and the county manager; 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 47 0684** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195861.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198790.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 47 0856S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198771.pdf)
4. **LC 47 0901S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199831.pdf)
5. **SB 22 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195888.pdf)
6. **SB 22/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199870.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Senate Hopper
- **2021-01-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-08** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-08** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2021-03-08** Senate Transmitted House
- **2021-03-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-08** Act 4 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-08** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d96ed0b9-d560-4fb9-b4a1-e7652ed4a6ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).