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type: "Bill"
title: "Henry County; Board of Commissioners; code of ethics; revise and restate provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new Board of Commissioners of Henry County, approved March 28, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 3680), as amended, so as to revise and restate provisions regarding the code of ethics; to revise provisions related to the chairperson of the board of commissioners and county manager; 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: "SB 359"
citation: "Georgia SB 359 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Emanuel Jones", "Gail Davenport", "Rick Williams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7ffd23a-f662-4379-88b6-2203a88972cf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b9bfebe470eec963542dacd6b88368040f2add6fd5bcf9a1b0f7c91c3afcc17a"
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 359 (2025_26) — Henry County; Board of Commissioners; code of ethics; revise and restate provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new Board of Commissioners of Henry County, approved March 28, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 3680), as amended, so as to revise and restate provisions regarding the code of ethics; to revise provisions related to the chairperson of the board of commissioners and county manager; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238243.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 47 3573** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237119.pdf)
3. **LC 47 4266S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247316.pdf)
4. **LC 47 4323S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248261.pdf)
5. **SB 359 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237124.pdf)
6. **SB 359/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249190.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #990 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #803 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **161–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #339 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-25** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-04-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2026-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 623 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7ffd23a-f662-4379-88b6-2203a88972cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).