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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public officers; counties and municipalities provide by local law for district durational residency requirements; authorize"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-2-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons ineligible to hold office, vacation of office, and validity of acts performed while in office, so as to authorize counties and municipalities to provide by local law for district durational residency requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 73"
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citation: "Georgia HB 73 (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: ["Buzz Brockway", "Darlene Taylor", "Dustin Hightower", "Mark Hamilton", "Michael Caldwell", "Scot Turner"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-15"
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last_action: "2016-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0a254ad-49b4-4f40-8f47-60d7c69c6ae4"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "40e1eb9c655711e71bdf81eec2af054fdf5c74f6e12964151fe518107f4c06eb"
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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 73 (2015_16) — Public officers; counties and municipalities provide by local law for district durational residency requirements; authorize
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-2-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons ineligible to hold office, vacation of office, and validity of acts performed while in office, so as to authorize counties and municipalities to provide by local law for district durational residency requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 73/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161087.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 7301/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145588.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **130–39** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
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- Mark Hamilton — primary (person)
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- Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Scot Turner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-15** House Hopper
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- **2015-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-20** House Postponed
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- **2015-02-23** House Postponed
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- **2015-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-01-11** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 601 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** 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/b0a254ad-49b4-4f40-8f47-60d7c69c6ae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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