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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Banks County; board of elections and registration; create"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Banks County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for the composition of the board and the selection and appointment of members; to provide for the qualification, terms, and removal of members; to provide for oaths and privileges; to provide for meetings, procedures, and vacancies; to relieve certain officers of powers and duties and to provide for the transfer of functions to the newly created board; to provide for certain expenditures of public funds; to provide for compensation of members of the board and personnel; to provide for offices and equipment; to provide for the board's performance of certain functions and duties for certain municipalities; to provide for submission under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 223"
+citation: "Georgia HB 223 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dan Gasaway"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-05"
+last_action: "2013-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b60573ba-d661-4b5b-a136-69efee8278eb"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1352e8481902d39b47697594dad616da6989fcd598bf5d218f793fe684145108"
+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 223 (2013_14) — Banks County; board of elections and registration; create
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Banks County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for the composition of the board and the selection and appointment of members; to provide for the qualification, terms, and removal of members; to provide for oaths and privileges; to provide for meetings, procedures, and vacancies; to relieve certain officers of powers and duties and to provide for the transfer of functions to the newly created board; to provide for certain expenditures of public funds; to provide for compensation of members of the board and personnel; to provide for offices and equipment; to provide for the board's performance of certain functions and duties for certain municipalities; to provide for submission under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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 223/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132168.pdf)
+2. **LC 34 3617/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129870.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dan Gasaway — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-05** House Hopper
+- **2013-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-02-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-04-24** Act 44 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b60573ba-d661-4b5b-a136-69efee8278eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+