---
type: "Bill"
title: "Henry County; board of commissioners vacancies; provisions; revise"
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 revise provisions regarding vacancies on the board of commissioners; 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 306"
citation: "Georgia SB 306 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Emanuel Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6a423ff-0170-4eab-8ac7-27faa28fda45"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "56e19f37587bcaba42a373da8e61b6415dbda06e8e8dec36ca60ce4221f499d0"
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 306 (2021_22) — Henry County; board of commissioners vacancies; provisions; revise

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 revise provisions regarding vacancies on the board of commissioners; 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 1045** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200821.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201448.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 47 1047S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201327.pdf)
4. **SB 306 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200827.pdf)
5. **SB 306/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202113.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** Senate Hopper
- **2021-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01** Act 12 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6a423ff-0170-4eab-8ac7-27faa28fda45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).