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type: "Bill"
title: "Buford, City of; provide for corporate boundaries"
description: "A BILLto be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled \"An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Buford,\" approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4622), so as to provide for the corporate boundaries; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "Georgia SB 197 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Renee Unterman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-02"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39632a42-bdb3-4a79-931a-1c7bff9e4512"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "39669d40db56dbfcb6129cf67a1912a51db117563952eb0e1617a5424a38a149"
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 SB 197 (2015_16) — Buford, City of; provide for corporate boundaries
A BILLto be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Buford," approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4622), so as to provide for the corporate boundaries; 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. **As introduced LC 21 3729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149720.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150747.pdf)
3. **SB 197 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150474.pdf)
4. **SB 197/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153847.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **520** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-03-02** Senate Hopper
- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-04-08** Effective Date
- **2015-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 305 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39632a42-bdb3-4a79-931a-1c7bff9e4512`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).