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type: "Bill"
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title: "DeKalb County; board of commissioners; change jurisdiction of Board of Ethics"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws relating to the governing authority of DeKalb County and creating a chairman and board of commissioners of said county, approved March 8, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 3237), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4304), an Act approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 3900), and an Act approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6137), so as to change the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics of DeKalb County; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 597"
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citation: "Georgia HB 597 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Billy Mitchell", "Dar'shun Kendrick", "Mary Oliver", "Mike Jacobs", "Scott Holcomb", "Stacey Abrams"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-03-11"
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last_action: "2015-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2fe1fb8-d100-4b99-aee6-9a8b0fcf0c8f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e8d5f384799c8f72af3ad74d3de3f67a40b6dba299e998f86f7a9b3d88fdad2a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 597 (2015_16) — DeKalb County; board of commissioners; change jurisdiction of Board of Ethics
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws relating to the governing authority of DeKalb County and creating a chairman and board of commissioners of said county, approved March 8, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 3237), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4304), an Act approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 3900), and an Act approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6137), so as to change the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics of DeKalb County; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 597/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152310.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 7585ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150888.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **156–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-11** House Hopper
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- **2015-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** Act 204 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2fe1fb8-d100-4b99-aee6-9a8b0fcf0c8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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