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type: "Bill"
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title: "J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to enact the \"J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act\"; to repeal obsolete and outdated provisions; to repeal provisions which have been deemed unconstitutional; to update obsolete and outdated terminology; to repeal certain provisions relating to preclearance requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 252"
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citation: "Georgia HB 252 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "B.J. Pak", "Matt Hatchett", "Matt Ramsey", "Michael Caldwell", "Wes Cantrell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-09"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10972133-c13d-4095-847f-27092f236550"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b4b675c25043f5600d675ff43b61e1203ca51731c60189b3514f026ddc928629"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 252 (2015_16) — J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to enact the "J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act"; to repeal obsolete and outdated provisions; to repeal provisions which have been deemed unconstitutional; to update obsolete and outdated terminology; to repeal certain provisions relating to preclearance requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 252/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152753.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 5696/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147062.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 5985S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149786.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 5985S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148468.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- B.J. Pak — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
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- Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** Act 70 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10972133-c13d-4095-847f-27092f236550`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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