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type: "Bill"
title: "City of Stockbridge; terminate the employment of appointed officers upon such persons qualifying to seek public office"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Stockbridge, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4359), as amended, so as to terminate the employment of appointed officers upon such persons qualifying to seek public office; to provide for the termination of employees upon qualifying to seek public office in certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 359"
citation: "Georgia SB 359 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emanuel Jones", "Rick Jeffares"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-10"
last_action: "2016-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6871655-4fae-4d6a-8055-84f1d95795d2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d1e2c45d7985c411fb36366274ab366113100a271cb9ee29cfe267435631c890"
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 359 (2015_16) — City of Stockbridge; terminate the employment of appointed officers upon such persons qualifying to seek public office
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Stockbridge, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4359), as amended, so as to terminate the employment of appointed officers upon such persons qualifying to seek public office; to provide for the termination of employees upon qualifying to seek public office in certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; 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 28 7909** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157120.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158428.pdf)
3. **SB 359 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157435.pdf)
4. **SB 359/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161049.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **530** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-10** Senate Hopper
- **2016-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 389 `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6871655-4fae-4d6a-8055-84f1d95795d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).