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type: "Bill"
title: "Fayette County; election of members of the board of commissioners; revise districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of Fayette County, approved March 9, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 2431), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 13, 1978 (Ga. L. 1978, p. 3399), so as to revise the districts for the election of members of the board of commissioners; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for method of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 955"
citation: "Georgia HB 955 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Yates", "Ronnie Mabra", "Virgil Fludd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-09"
last_action: "2016-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/936c4591-f1c5-4315-be88-d6be2e49a2e3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "af73dce2f9815f071957a63f3ad3d97f6078a5d805d1c2ff98058f6dc81cb42e"
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 955 (2015_16) — Fayette County; election of members of the board of commissioners; revise districts
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of Fayette County, approved March 9, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 2431), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 13, 1978 (Ga. L. 1978, p. 3399), so as to revise the districts for the election of members of the board of commissioners; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for method of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 955/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159162.pdf)
2. **LC 44 0063/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156922.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1641** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- John Yates — primary (person)
- Ronnie Mabra — primary (person)
- Virgil Fludd — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-09** House Hopper
- **2016-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-03-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-03-02** Act 314 `executive-signature`
- **2016-03-02** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/936c4591-f1c5-4315-be88-d6be2e49a2e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).