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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Coffee County; reestablish Board of Commissioners"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to reestablish the Board of Commissioners of Coffee County; to supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Coffee County; to provide for the powers of the board of commissioners, the composition of the board of commissioners, election districts, qualifications of commissioners, terms of office for commissioners, filling vacancies, meetings, a quorum, the responsibilities of the chairperson, a vice chairperson, and the vice chairperson's responsibilities; to provide for oaths, bonds, budgets, audits, a county manager, a clerk, minutes, and compensation and expenses of commissioners; to provide for submission for approval pursuant to the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation and other conflicting laws; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 224"
+citation: "Georgia HB 224 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Sims", "Jay Roberts"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-06"
+last_action: "2013-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5356a77-98a8-4bfd-b102-9c00857f239c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "9f6be90a9e4bffdc993be2a5ddddc5490d1d4ce4ddec58d7a35082217d2f3843"
+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 224 (2013_14) — Coffee County; reestablish Board of Commissioners
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to reestablish the Board of Commissioners of Coffee County; to supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Coffee County; to provide for the powers of the board of commissioners, the composition of the board of commissioners, election districts, qualifications of commissioners, terms of office for commissioners, filling vacancies, meetings, a quorum, the responsibilities of the chairperson, a vice chairperson, and the vice chairperson's responsibilities; to provide for oaths, bonds, budgets, audits, a county manager, a clerk, minutes, and compensation and expenses of commissioners; to provide for submission for approval pursuant to the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation and other conflicting laws; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 224/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135112.pdf)
+2. **LC 35 2817/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129931.pdf)
+3. **LC 35 2886S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133027.pdf)
+4. **LC 35 2886S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133025.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **143–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Sims — primary (person)
+- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-06** House Hopper
+- **2013-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-20** 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 46 `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/c5356a77-98a8-4bfd-b102-9c00857f239c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+