republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-438.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	Telfair County; county officers; repeal the amendment to the Constitution of Georgia; ineligible to hold office under certain conditions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal the amendment to the Constitution of Georgia providing that the county officers of Telfair County shall be ineligible to hold office under certain conditions; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for a referendum with respect to the effectiveness of the foregoing; to provide for contingent effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 438	Georgia SB 438 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Tommie Williams	4	18	1	2016-03-14	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/ca3b20ea-7991-4b59-a5bb-612caf7528a4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ea32be6989aad6cb9cc451e662a0548858ae097f13336965606c8fe6cf75b8f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 438 (2015_16) — Telfair County; county officers; repeal the amendment to the Constitution of Georgia; ineligible to hold office under certain conditions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal the amendment to the Constitution of Georgia providing that the county officers of Telfair County shall be ineligible to hold office under certain conditions; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for a referendum with respect to the effectiveness of the foregoing; to provide for contingent effective dates; 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 8055 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 438 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 438/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 50–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tommie Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-03-14 Senate Hopper
• 2016-03-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-15 Senate Reconsidered
• 2016-03-15 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-16 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-24 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-24 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-30 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 418 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca3b20ea-7991-4b59-a5bb-612caf7528a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).