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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Walton County; Board of Commissioners; powers and compensation of chairperson; revise provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Walton County, approved August 1, 1929 (Ga. L. 1929, p. 747), as amended, so as to revise provisions related to the powers and compensation of the chairperson; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 725"
+citation: "Georgia HB 725 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Reynaldo Martinez"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-13"
+last_action: "2023-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7ef774b-944c-4f1b-8bc3-68a86ae86cc9"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "15b5f27d38037e7d5b719e056b06f0cbdddc74f31a358cf250bbbcdc821ad93b"
+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 725 (2023_24) — Walton County; Board of Commissioners; powers and compensation of chairperson; revise provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Walton County, approved August 1, 1929 (Ga. L. 1929, p. 747), as amended, so as to revise provisions related to the powers and compensation of the chairperson; 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 725/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219571.pdf)
+2. **LC 46 0610/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217700.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217744.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #251 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–2** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #296 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- Reynaldo Martinez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-13** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-03** Act 301 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7ef774b-944c-4f1b-8bc3-68a86ae86cc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+