republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-598.md

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Bill	DeKalb County; board of commissioners; provide for the manner of purchasing	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), and an Act approved May 23, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 4073), so as to provide for the manner of purchasing by DeKalb County; to provide for procedures and limitations; to provide for certain disclosures and publications; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 598	Georgia HB 598 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Billy Mitchell Dar'shun Kendrick Mary Oliver Mike Jacobs Scott Holcomb Stacey Abrams	2	13	1	2015-03-11	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/c1e05e4f-98f2-4611-a604-1d0babd4861b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	88c043df7cfd679b4dedf49cda20a739e733f7e88099bd968e110cd4e6b04d9d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 598 (2015_16) — DeKalb County; board of commissioners; provide for the manner of purchasing

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), and an Act approved May 23, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 4073), so as to provide for the manner of purchasing by DeKalb County; to provide for procedures and limitations; to provide for certain disclosures and publications; 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. HB 598/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 7586ER/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 156–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
• Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
• Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
• Stacey Abrams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-11 House Hopper
• 2015-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 205 executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1e05e4f-98f2-4611-a604-1d0babd4861b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).