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type: "Bill"
title: "Putnam County; board of commissioners; current board members to continue their terms of office; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Putnam County, approved September 8, 1879 (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 334), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 15, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 3596) and an Act approved May 6, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3805), so as to provide for current board of commissioner members to continue their terms of office; to require board members to live in their districts; to provide for filling vacancies; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1545"
citation: "Georgia HB 1545 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Washburn", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-12"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03eb5526-a51b-4005-8106-47406523836e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "12cda23a0903b9fc5e5934f4432449549520a6f82beb91b3bdc4aab0c8cdd2f4"
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 1545 (2025_26) — Putnam County; board of commissioners; current board members to continue their terms of office; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Putnam County, approved September 8, 1879 (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 334), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 15, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 3596) and an Act approved May 6, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3805), so as to provide for current board of commissioner members to continue their terms of office; to require board members to live in their districts; to provide for filling vacancies; 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. **HB 1545/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247398.pdf)
2. **LC 62 0421/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245761.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245770.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #734 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #799 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-12** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 587 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03eb5526-a51b-4005-8106-47406523836e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).