---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coffee County; reestablish Board of Commissioners"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to reestablish the Board of Commissioners of Coffee County; to supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Coffee County; to provide for the powers of the board of commissioners, the composition of the board of commissioners, election districts, qualifications of commissioners, terms of office for commissioners, filling vacancies, meetings, a quorum, the responsibilities of the chairperson, a vice chairperson, and the vice chairperson's responsibilities; to provide for oaths, bonds, budgets, audits, a county manager, a clerk, minutes, and compensation and expenses of commissioners; to provide for submission for approval pursuant to the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation and other conflicting laws; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 224"
citation: "Georgia HB 224 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Sims", "Jay Roberts"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-06"
last_action: "2013-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5356a77-98a8-4bfd-b102-9c00857f239c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9f6be90a9e4bffdc993be2a5ddddc5490d1d4ce4ddec58d7a35082217d2f3843"
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 224 (2013_14) — Coffee County; reestablish Board of Commissioners

A BILL to be entitled an Act to reestablish the Board of Commissioners of Coffee County; to supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Coffee County; to provide for the powers of the board of commissioners, the composition of the board of commissioners, election districts, qualifications of commissioners, terms of office for commissioners, filling vacancies, meetings, a quorum, the responsibilities of the chairperson, a vice chairperson, and the vice chairperson's responsibilities; to provide for oaths, bonds, budgets, audits, a county manager, a clerk, minutes, and compensation and expenses of commissioners; to provide for submission for approval pursuant to the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation and other conflicting laws; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 224/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135112.pdf)
2. **LC 35 2817/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129931.pdf)
3. **LC 35 2886S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133027.pdf)
4. **LC 35 2886S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133025.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **143–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Sims — primary (person)
- Jay Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-06** House Hopper
- **2013-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 46 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5356a77-98a8-4bfd-b102-9c00857f239c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).