republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-197.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Buford, City of; provide for corporate boundaries	A BILLto be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Buford," approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4622), so as to provide for the corporate boundaries; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 197	Georgia SB 197 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Renee Unterman	4	13	1	2015-03-02	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/39632a42-bdb3-4a79-931a-1c7bff9e4512	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	39669d40db56dbfcb6129cf67a1912a51db117563952eb0e1617a5424a38a149	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 197 (2015_16) — Buford, City of; provide for corporate boundaries

A BILLto be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Buford," approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4622), so as to provide for the corporate boundaries; 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 21 3729 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 197 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 197/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Renee Unterman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-02 Senate Hopper
• 2015-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-23 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-08 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-04-08 Effective Date
• 2015-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 305 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39632a42-bdb3-4a79-931a-1c7bff9e4512. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).