---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bartow County; appointment of a county surveyor; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Bartow County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; to provide that the person currently serving as elected county surveyor shall serve out the remainder of his or her term; to provide for successors; to provide for qualifications; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 236"
citation: "Georgia HB 236 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d344b84-18b1-48ba-a286-45f3483f6be8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b2770a066ade6fcf28a0f5088cfe480c00952bc85e9d806f6260cdc47cc9acb7"
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 HB 236 (2025_26) — Bartow County; appointment of a county surveyor; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Bartow County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; to provide that the person currently serving as elected county surveyor shall serve out the remainder of his or her term; to provide for successors; to provide for qualifications; to provide for an effective date; 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. **HB 236/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233447.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3259/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231143.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231259.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #19 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #78 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 136 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d344b84-18b1-48ba-a286-45f3483f6be8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).