# Georgia SB 543: Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Butts County; required to read an ordinance, resolution, or other matter before the board at one meeting prior to the adoption; provide

Georgia SB 543, Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Butts County; required to read an ordinance, resolution, or other matter before the board at one meeting prior to the adoption; provide, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Lee Anderson (Republican), Brian Strickland (Republican), Rick Williams (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-05-11 (Senate Date Signed by Governor) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 543
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Butts County; required to read an ordinance, resolution, or other matter before the board at one meeting prior to the adoption; provide
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-20
- Last action: 2026-05-11, Senate Date Signed by Governor
- Sponsors: Lee Anderson (Republican), Brian Strickland (Republican), Rick Williams (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Intragovernmental Coordination, State and Local Governmental Operations, Local Bill
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (245 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Butts County commissioners can skip repeat readings: benefit, low. Butts County’s Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues need not read ordinances, resolutions, or other matters at multiple meetings. This rule overrides conflicting requirements in the board’s founding law, and the law repeals conflicting laws. It creates no direct household benefit, payment,…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lee Anderson (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Brian Strickland (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Rick Williams (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Clint Crowe (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-27 | Senate | AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE | pass | 47 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-03-20 | House | Local Calendar | pass | 153 | 0 | 18 |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR | pass | 45 | 0 | 7 |

## Actions (16)

- 2026-05-11: Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2026-05-11: Act 613
- 2026-05-11: Effective Date
- 2026-04-10: Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
- 2026-03-27: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
- 2026-03-20: House Third Readers (House)
- 2026-03-20: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
- 2026-03-18: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2026-03-18: House Withdrawn, Recommitted (House)
- 2026-03-06: House Second Readers (House)
- 2026-03-04: House First Readers (House)
- 2026-03-03: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- SB 543/AP* (v8): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/248135)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [SB 543/AP* (v8) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/248135)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB543-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).