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type: "Bill"
title: "DeKalb County; board of commissioners; provide for the manner of purchasing"
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), 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 598"
citation: "Georgia HB 598 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Mitchell", "Dar'shun Kendrick", "Mary Oliver", "Mike Jacobs", "Scott Holcomb", "Stacey Abrams"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-11"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1e05e4f-98f2-4611-a604-1d0babd4861b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "88c043df7cfd679b4dedf49cda20a739e733f7e88099bd968e110cd4e6b04d9d"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152311.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7586ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150892.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1560** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1e05e4f-98f2-4611-a604-1d0babd4861b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).