---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electors of Glynn County; nonbinding advisory referendum; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Glynn County desire the Glynn County Board of Commissioners to abolish the Glynn County Police Department; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 504"
citation: "Georgia SB 504 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Ligon, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-03-11"
last_action: "2020-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ed0b80d-ea1c-4a08-9f47-e8be50e88874"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "09870b768bf6f72008d717a966f2114d0d8272591e7eff3aca51db0e6cdbd380"
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 504 (2019_20) — Electors of Glynn County; nonbinding advisory referendum; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Glynn County desire the Glynn County Board of Commissioners to abolish the Glynn County Police Department; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; 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 9742** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192967.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193381.pdf)
3. **SB 504/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194490.pdf)
4. **SB504 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192968.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-11** Senate Hopper
- **2020-03-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-15** Senate Transmitted House
- **2020-06-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-22** 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** Veto V4 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ed0b80d-ea1c-4a08-9f47-e8be50e88874`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).