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type: "Bill"
title: "Putnam County; nonbinding advisory referendum; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Putnam County desire the Putnam County Board of Commissioners to levy an ad valorem tax for the purpose of retirement of debt incurred by the Putnam County Hospital Authority; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 860"
citation: "Georgia HB 860 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Williams", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c53dbc-3a2b-4c48-8dc3-b45b623d3818"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "82024fc71b322b06ea918289a22799064d23f23593cb1166ee9c1868cb02c224"
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 HB 860 (2019_20) — Putnam County; nonbinding advisory referendum; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Putnam County desire the Putnam County Board of Commissioners to levy an ad valorem tax for the purpose of retirement of debt incurred by the Putnam County Hospital Authority; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; 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. **HB 860/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191660.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0234/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188921.pdf)
3. **LC 47 0390S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189884.pdf)
4. **LC 47 0390S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189877.pdf)
5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189008.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **162–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-30** House Hopper
- **2020-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 447 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77c53dbc-3a2b-4c48-8dc3-b45b623d3818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).