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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local government; annual audit of financial affairs, books, and records of boards of trustees of county law libraries; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county law libraries, so as to require an annual audit of the financial affairs, books, and records of boards of trustees of the county law library; to provide for publication of such audit; 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 851"
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citation: "Georgia HB 851 (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: ["Alex Atwood"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-26"
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last_action: "2016-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c29f932e-810b-401f-a1f7-876949ab45d7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "694312cacc0035eb094a13a218c8f1a0935375dbb0893a3584d286ae3b5a32d6"
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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 851 (2015_16) — Local government; annual audit of financial affairs, books, and records of boards of trustees of county law libraries; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county law libraries, so as to require an annual audit of the financial affairs, books, and records of boards of trustees of the county law library; to provide for publication of such audit; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 41 0205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161360.pdf)
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2. **HB 851/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162412.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 0639/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155653.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 0735S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158484.pdf)
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5. **LC 41 0735S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157977.pdf)
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6. **Sen Floor AM 1 AM 44 0022ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160934.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **161–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-26** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 458 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** 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/c29f932e-810b-401f-a1f7-876949ab45d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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