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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Dawson County; board of elections and registration; provide staggered terms"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of elections and registration for Dawson County, approved April 23, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4680), as amended, to provide for staggered terms of the board; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 699"
+citation: "Georgia HB 699 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Johnny Chastain", "Will Wade"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-03"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e23a4736-2771-4faa-b7c8-831173567932"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "653e868411cdc378133cd21069c0e68e63c9bed9baa04a683b07fdcb8d59a824"
+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 699 (2025_26) — Dawson County; board of elections and registration; provide staggered terms
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of elections and registration for Dawson County, approved April 23, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4680), as amended, to provide for staggered terms of the board; 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 699/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238534.pdf)
+2. **LC 62 0111/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234784.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234832.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #313 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #273 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Johnny Chastain — primary (person)
+- Will Wade — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-03** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Act 161 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e23a4736-2771-4faa-b7c8-831173567932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+