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type: "Bill"
title: "Decatur County; restate provisions of said Act"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act relating to the board of commissioners of Decatur County, approved March 4, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 630), as amended, so as to restate the provisions of said Act; to provide for the election of a chairperson and vice-chairperson of the board by its members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 257"
citation: "Georgia HB 257 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Jay Powell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-09"
last_action: "2015-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fda0403c-4506-4f2d-b335-001430541556"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4a6a3fd85ef6d2948806432eeb1b24b55e5146a26a69535009f24e69d54dd6bd"
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 257 (2015_16) — Decatur County; restate provisions of said Act
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act relating to the board of commissioners of Decatur County, approved March 4, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 630), as amended, so as to restate the provisions of said Act; to provide for the election of a chairperson and vice-chairperson of the board by its members; 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 257/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148684.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0753/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147070.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **165–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 130 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fda0403c-4506-4f2d-b335-001430541556`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).