republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-128.md

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Bill	Corporations; directors and officers; enact reforms consistent with the Model Act; functions of a board of directors; change provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to directors and officers, so as to enact reforms consistent with the Model Act; to change provisions relating to the functions of a board of directors; to change provisions relating to elections of directors; to change provisions relating to terms for directors; to change provisions relating to actions without meetings; to change provisions relating to committees; to change provisions relating to derivative actions; to change provisions relating to officers; to change provisions relating to functions of officers; to change provisions relating to resignation and removal of officers; to enact provisions relating to business opportunities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 128	Georgia SB 128 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Charlie Bethel Elena Parent Harold Jones II John Kennedy Judson Hill	5	16	1	2015-02-17	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e297214b-3805-4956-ab2b-0c64ea70b619	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c5fda285d1b32195c04d2a49c0b01a096b9969856eaa190e10c2c45a4ab8350c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 128 (2015_16) — Corporations; directors and officers; enact reforms consistent with the Model Act; functions of a board of directors; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to directors and officers, so as to enact reforms consistent with the Model Act; to change provisions relating to the functions of a board of directors; to change provisions relating to elections of directors; to change provisions relating to terms for directors; to change provisions relating to actions without meetings; to change provisions relating to committees; to change provisions relating to derivative actions; to change provisions relating to officers; to change provisions relating to functions of officers; to change provisions relating to resignation and removal of officers; to enact provisions relating to business opportunities; 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. As introduced LC 29 6351ER (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor Amendment - AM 29 2440 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 6627ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 128/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-17 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-03 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-04-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-04-02 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-30 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 364 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e297214b-3805-4956-ab2b-0c64ea70b619. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).