republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-438.md

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Bill	Appling County; ascertaining whether electors desire to reduce the size of the board of commissioners; nonbinding advisory referendum; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Appling County desire to reduce the size of the board of commissioners by eliminating the position of the at-large commission chairperson; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 438	Georgia SB 438 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Blake Tillery	4	13	1	2020-02-25	2020-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/bcf3334e-26eb-4f1e-8e93-1b8c0be47bf5	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	93efd97849fb306d6fe6f2b29afa9a6c44cdc9a20d69aab162c1fbac2663ac12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 438 (2019_20) — Appling County; ascertaining whether electors desire to reduce the size of the board of commissioners; nonbinding advisory referendum; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Appling County desire to reduce the size of the board of commissioners by eliminating the position of the at-large commission chairperson; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; 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 47 0332 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 438/AP* (committee substitute) — source
4. SB438 ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blake Tillery — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-25 Senate Hopper
• 2020-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-10 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-03-10 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-25 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-29 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Act 365 executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bcf3334e-26eb-4f1e-8e93-1b8c0be47bf5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).