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81 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Corporations; directors and officers; enact reforms consistent with the Model Act; functions of a board of directors; change provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to directors and officers, so as to enact reforms consistent with the Model Act; to change provisions relating to the functions of a board of directors; to change provisions relating to elections of directors; to change provisions relating to terms for directors; to change provisions relating to actions without meetings; to change provisions relating to committees; to change provisions relating to derivative actions; to change provisions relating to officers; to change provisions relating to functions of officers; to change provisions relating to resignation and removal of officers; to enact provisions relating to business opportunities; 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: "SB 128"
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citation: "Georgia SB 128 (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: ["Charlie Bethel", "Elena Parent", "Harold Jones II", "John Kennedy", "Judson Hill"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-17"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e297214b-3805-4956-ab2b-0c64ea70b619"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c5fda285d1b32195c04d2a49c0b01a096b9969856eaa190e10c2c45a4ab8350c"
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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 SB 128 (2015_16) — Corporations; directors and officers; enact reforms consistent with the Model Act; functions of a board of directors; change provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to directors and officers, so as to enact reforms consistent with the Model Act; to change provisions relating to the functions of a board of directors; to change provisions relating to elections of directors; to change provisions relating to terms for directors; to change provisions relating to actions without meetings; to change provisions relating to committees; to change provisions relating to derivative actions; to change provisions relating to officers; to change provisions relating to functions of officers; to change provisions relating to resignation and removal of officers; to enact provisions relating to business opportunities; 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. **As introduced LC 29 6351ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148344.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150812.pdf)
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3. **Floor Amendment - AM 29 2440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153708.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 6627ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152255.pdf)
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5. **SB 128/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162147.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-17** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 364 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/e297214b-3805-4956-ab2b-0c64ea70b619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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