republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-423.md

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Bill	Newton County; reestablish the board of commissioners; supersede the laws pertaining to governing authority of Newton County	A BILL to be entitled an Act to reestablish the Board of Commissioners of Newton County; to supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Newton County; to provide for a board of commissioners, commissioner districts, a chair of the board, a county manager, a clerk to the board, and ethics provisions; to provide for meetings, agendas, and the conduct of meetings; to provide for budgeting, audits, financial condition, and approval of expenditures; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation and other conflicting laws; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 423	Georgia SB 423 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	JaNice VanNess Rick Jeffares	6	15	1	2016-03-02	2017-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a266ca9c-df92-4455-bcad-5fea07604e93	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a374d9ad798ad8032f2813ebc54d8e187586f68fb56bf0e7a3e60f830462c0d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 423 (2015_16) — Newton County; reestablish the board of commissioners; supersede the laws pertaining to governing authority of Newton County

A BILL to be entitled an Act to reestablish the Board of Commissioners of Newton County; to supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Newton County; to provide for a board of commissioners, commissioner districts, a chair of the board, a county manager, a clerk to the board, and ethics provisions; to provide for meetings, agendas, and the conduct of meetings; to provide for budgeting, audits, financial condition, and approval of expenditures; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation and other conflicting laws; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As introduced LC 44 0091 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor AM 1 AM 44 0029 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 44 0181S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 423 ad (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 423/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• JaNice VanNess — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2016-03-02 Senate Hopper
• 2016-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-14 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-16 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-16 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 401 executive-signature
• 2017-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a266ca9c-df92-4455-bcad-5fea07604e93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).