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type: "Bill"
title: "Henry County; Board of Commissioners; authority, roles, and responsibilities of chairperson, board of commissioners and county manager; define"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled \"An Act to amend an Act providing for a new Board of Commissioners of Henry County,\" approved March 24, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 3680), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 5232), so as to further define the authority, roles, and responsibilities of the chairperson, the board of commissioners, and the county manager; to provide for compensation; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 554"
citation: "Georgia HB 554 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Brian Strickland", "John Yates", "Pam Stephenson", "Roger Rutledge", "Sandra Scott"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-04"
last_action: "2015-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31e39f2b-9739-41cb-b246-14de44b83456"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "79cd366de3863770f764685196b017c2c792cd333fc7186de201e278caff7f7d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 554 (2015_16) — Henry County; Board of Commissioners; authority, roles, and responsibilities of chairperson, board of commissioners and county manager; define
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act providing for a new Board of Commissioners of Henry County," approved March 24, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 3680), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 5232), so as to further define the authority, roles, and responsibilities of the chairperson, the board of commissioners, and the county manager; to provide for compensation; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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. **HB 554/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152108.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7573ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150024.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1650** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- John Yates — primary (person)
- Pam Stephenson — primary (person)
- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
- Sandra Scott — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-03-04** House Hopper
- **2015-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-03-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-03-27** Act 12 `executive-signature`
- **2015-03-27** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31e39f2b-9739-41cb-b246-14de44b83456`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).