republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-955.md

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Bill	Fayette County; election of members of the board of commissioners; revise districts	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of Fayette County, approved March 9, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 2431), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 13, 1978 (Ga. L. 1978, p. 3399), so as to revise the districts for the election of members of the board of commissioners; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for method of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 955	Georgia HB 955 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	John Yates Ronnie Mabra Virgil Fludd	2	13	1	2016-02-09	2016-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/936c4591-f1c5-4315-be88-d6be2e49a2e3	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	af73dce2f9815f071957a63f3ad3d97f6078a5d805d1c2ff98058f6dc81cb42e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 955 (2015_16) — Fayette County; election of members of the board of commissioners; revise districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of Fayette County, approved March 9, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 2431), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 13, 1978 (Ga. L. 1978, p. 3399), so as to revise the districts for the election of members of the board of commissioners; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for method of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 955/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 0063/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 164–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John Yates — primary (person)
• Ronnie Mabra — primary (person)
• Virgil Fludd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-09 House Hopper
• 2016-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-17 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-03-02 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-03-02 Act 314 executive-signature
• 2016-03-02 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/936c4591-f1c5-4315-be88-d6be2e49a2e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).