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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local Government; require referendum approval prior to the expenditure of public funds; establishment of a fixed guideway transit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties, so as to require referendum approval prior to the expenditure of public funds for the establishment of a fixed guideway transit; to provide for definitions; to provide for submission of the question to qualified voters; to provide for ballot language; to provide for applicability; 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 420"
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citation: "Georgia SB 420 (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: ["Bruce Thompson", "Burt Jones", "Judson Hill", "Lindsey Tippins", "Renee Unterman"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-23"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6d5b4eb-4fd5-4514-8d54-8aa85a8d7837"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d883e8902560b127991487491d40ffcf00e0c309ee479fd4ac97e9ac82f48ba9"
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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 420 (2015_16) — Local Government; require referendum approval prior to the expenditure of public funds; establishment of a fixed guideway transit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties, so as to require referendum approval prior to the expenditure of public funds for the establishment of a fixed guideway transit; to provide for definitions; to provide for submission of the question to qualified voters; to provide for ballot language; to provide for applicability; 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 39 1340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158446.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159260.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 39 1356S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158596.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amendment AM 39 0168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161140.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 1 AM 39 0164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159164.pdf)
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6. **SB 420/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162458.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **34–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-23** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-26** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-02-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 624 `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/e6d5b4eb-4fd5-4514-8d54-8aa85a8d7837`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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