---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint Georgia-Alabama Study Committee; create"
description: "A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Georgia-Alabama Study Committee; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HR 395"
citation: "Georgia HR 395 (2015_16)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Gerald Greene", "John Pezold", "Lynn Smith", "Randy Nix", "Richard Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-17"
last_action: "2015-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82bcf04f-5b54-42f6-a7fc-20c53ff9c50d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "24157bbc63553e8e83c7911c25086a8ee68e65fb73f430cf489c795dacd43c0f"
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 HR 395 (2015_16) — Joint Georgia-Alabama Study Committee; create

A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Georgia-Alabama Study Committee; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HR 395/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153752.pdf)
2. **LC 25 6479/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148196.pdf)
3. **Senate ctee sub LC 25 6494S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150672.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT — **164–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- John Pezold — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-17** House Hopper
- **2015-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-04-30** Act 36 `executive-signature`
- **2015-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82bcf04f-5b54-42f6-a7fc-20c53ff9c50d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).