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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Spalding County; board of elections; terms of members; update provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a board of elections for Spalding County, approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4432), as amended, so as to update provisions related to the terms of board members; to revise provisions related to holding meetings of the board; to rename the elections supervisor as the elections director; to revise duties of the elections director; to authorize the board to hire its own legal counsel; 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 759"
+citation: "Georgia HB 759 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Karen Mathiak"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-11"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9376427-1a34-4c54-9b33-33d16f703082"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "2b96f7ef06f053b71eda35f13dd98949372a3ed83bc352176195ea772b80eca4"
+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 759 (2025_26) — Spalding County; board of elections; terms of members; update provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a board of elections for Spalding County, approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4432), as amended, so as to update provisions related to the terms of board members; to revise provisions related to holding meetings of the board; to rename the elections supervisor as the elections director; to revise duties of the elections director; to authorize the board to hire its own legal counsel; 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 759/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238031.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3516/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235885.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235902.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #313 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #302 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beth Camp — primary (person)
+- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-11** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** 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 169 `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/a9376427-1a34-4c54-9b33-33d16f703082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+