republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-269.md

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Bill	Counties; require local governing bodies; provide certain entities with certification of compliance with Code section; condition of funding	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-80-23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies by local governmental entities, so as to require local governing bodies to provide certain entities with a certification of compliance with such Code section as a condition of funding; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 269	Georgia SB 269 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Bill Heath Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Charlie Bethel Fran Millar Frank Ginn Greg Kirk Hunter Hill JaNice VanNess Jesse Stone Joshua McKoon Larry Walker, III Michael Williams Mike Crane Mike Dugan P. K. Martin IV Renee Unterman Tyler Harper William Ligon, Jr.	4	15	1	2016-01-13	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/644dde63-103c-4be6-beb8-90aa8a11863c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e8f9d562deae5f18c72ef1f3885943e676d1c8c7963731c75db831cc8a8f1cd8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 269 (2015_16) — Counties; require local governing bodies; provide certain entities with certification of compliance with Code section; condition of funding

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-80-23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies by local governmental entities, so as to require local governing bodies to provide certain entities with a certification of compliance with such Code section as a condition of funding; 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 6798 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 29 6901S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 269/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 49–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Bill Heath — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• JaNice VanNess — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Crane — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-13 Senate Hopper
• 2016-01-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-17 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-15 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 370 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/644dde63-103c-4be6-beb8-90aa8a11863c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).