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type: "Bill"
title: "Rockdale County; board of commissioners; increase the board of commissioners to five members"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners for Rockdale County, approved March 4, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 2817), as amended, so as to increase the board of commissioners to five members; to revise the office of chairperson; to provide for initial terms of office; to provide for a county manager; to revise provisions related to the powers and duties of the board of commissioners, chairperson, and county manager; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "Georgia SB 238 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da0a32e7-b9d6-4f14-a3de-f437d56ae922"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "aeeedb3506a89763294612763581f6cb8c6c004f12a72e45c167ecdfd76cd55e"
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 SB 238 (2025_26) — Rockdale County; board of commissioners; increase the board of commissioners to five members
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners for Rockdale County, approved March 4, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 2817), as amended, so as to increase the board of commissioners to five members; to revise the office of chairperson; to provide for initial terms of office; to provide for a county manager; to revise provisions related to the powers and duties of the board of commissioners, chairperson, and county manager; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234670.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 47 3375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233432.pdf)
3. **SB 238 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233437.pdf)
4. **SB 238/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236173.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #273 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #106 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-21** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Veto V7 `executive-veto`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da0a32e7-b9d6-4f14-a3de-f437d56ae922`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).