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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Wilkes County; board of elections and registration; create"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Wilkes County; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 540"
+citation: "Georgia HB 540 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rob Leverett"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-22"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be83193f-0817-4b9a-9101-520c1f833788"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3551970a7ab42a933a2486a38823cd014f5f6f5608099733faefc6f41ab260be"
+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 540 (2023_24) — Wilkes County; board of elections and registration; create
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Wilkes County; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; 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 540/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219332.pdf)
+2. **LC 46 0543/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215621.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215682.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #272 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #223 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **97–68** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-22** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Act 146 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be83193f-0817-4b9a-9101-520c1f833788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+