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type: "Bill"
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title: "Appling County; ascertaining whether electors desire to reduce the size of the board of commissioners; nonbinding advisory referendum; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Appling County desire to reduce the size of the board of commissioners by eliminating the position of the at-large commission chairperson; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "SB 438"
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citation: "Georgia SB 438 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-25"
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last_action: "2020-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcf3334e-26eb-4f1e-8e93-1b8c0be47bf5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "93efd97849fb306d6fe6f2b29afa9a6c44cdc9a20d69aab162c1fbac2663ac12"
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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 438 (2019_20) — Appling County; ascertaining whether electors desire to reduce the size of the board of commissioners; nonbinding advisory referendum; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Appling County desire to reduce the size of the board of commissioners by eliminating the position of the at-large commission chairperson; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; 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 47 0332** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190880.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191902.pdf)
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3. **SB 438/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192972.pdf)
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4. **SB438 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190883.pdf)
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## Votes
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- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-25** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** Act 365 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** 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/bcf3334e-26eb-4f1e-8e93-1b8c0be47bf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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