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type: "Bill"
title: "DeKalb County; community improvement districts created within municipalities; change certain provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating one or more community improvement districts within DeKalb County, approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3817), as amended, so as to change certain provisions so that community improvement districts may be created within municipalities in DeKalb County; to provide for a millage rate cap; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Georgia SB 225 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronald Ramsey, Sr.", "Steve Henson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-18"
last_action: "2016-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de1a5d41-8897-47b1-a221-0c794ec3e1eb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fe7e6916cb0b12b60cf7bc6a803e8b7f9f968721fbcb7ffa16b06259f8743d04"
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 225 (2015_16) — DeKalb County; community improvement districts created within municipalities; change certain provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating one or more community improvement districts within DeKalb County, approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3817), as amended, so as to change certain provisions so that community improvement districts may be created within municipalities in DeKalb County; to provide for a millage rate cap; to provide an effective date; 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 3766** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151389.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152341.pdf)
3. **LC 44 0001ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159527.pdf)
4. **SB 225 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152750.pdf)
5. **SB 225/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162218.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **442** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
- Steve Henson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-03-18** Senate Hopper
- **2015-03-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 538 `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de1a5d41-8897-47b1-a221-0c794ec3e1eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).