republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-238.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	Bainbridge-Decatur County Recreation Authority; create	A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Bainbridge-Decatur County Recreation Authority and to authorize such authority to provide recreational services throughout Decatur County; to provide for related matters; to provide for activation of the authority; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 238	Georgia SB 238 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Dean Burke	4	13	1	2015-03-24	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/7aa0eabc-4fe9-4b5b-a9ce-9c6488643e00	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	feef6e424db84989659677ffc32eea7d46584323a301e60744886b1d606d32e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 238 (2015_16) — Bainbridge-Decatur County Recreation Authority; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Bainbridge-Decatur County Recreation Authority and to authorize such authority to provide recreational services throughout Decatur County; to provide for related matters; to provide for activation of the authority; 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 7652ER (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 238 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 238/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 47–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dean Burke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-24 Senate Hopper
• 2015-03-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-04-02 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-04-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-04-02 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-08 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 298 executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7aa0eabc-4fe9-4b5b-a9ce-9c6488643e00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).