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legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-277.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Screven County; board of elections and registration; create"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Screven County; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "SB 277"
+citation: "Georgia SB 277 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Max Burns"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-28"
+last_action: "2024-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1289d812-e293-4685-9ee7-c08f33d13210"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "da563955852cc0aeb91591f38cdf23766e30c6f33eca0d42e6390063da2d4a8e"
+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 SB 277 (2023_24) — Screven County; board of elections and registration; create
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Screven County; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 47 2215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216315.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217658.pdf)
+3. **SB 277 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216319.pdf)
+4. **SB 277/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218799.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #251 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–2** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #208 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **44–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Max Burns — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-28** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **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`
+- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-19** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-19** Act 18 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1289d812-e293-4685-9ee7-c08f33d13210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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