republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-208.md

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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	Stonecrest, City of; provide for a charter	A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County; to provide for a charter for the City of Stonecrest; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for severability; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 208	Georgia SB 208 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Emanuel Jones Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Ronald Ramsey, Sr. Steve Henson	5	20	1	2015-03-05	2016-04-21	openstates	ocd-bill/0542b00d-fa62-409d-9bab-1b6e5238aa25	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	300ef2332cc946d411154056f8f250bfa60c437e59b2c450a3b00200849304dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 208 (2015_16) — Stonecrest, City of; provide for a charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County; to provide for a charter for the City of Stonecrest; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for severability; to provide an effective date; 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 7584ER (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 7858ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 28 8043ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 208 ad (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 208/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• MOTION TO TABLE — 36–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
• Steve Henson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-05 Senate Hopper
• 2015-03-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-13 Senate Tabled
• 2015-03-24 Senate Taken from Table
• 2015-03-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-24 Senate Transmitted House
• 2015-03-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-02 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2016-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-16 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-16 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-21 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-21 Act 328 executive-signature
• 2016-04-21 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0542b00d-fa62-409d-9bab-1b6e5238aa25. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).