---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appling County; board of elections; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections for Appling County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for definitions; to provide for submission for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 552"
citation: "Georgia HB 552 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Greg Morris"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-05"
last_action: "2013-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76836134-260b-4d19-8f23-782395a66626"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c0ade93d1c4fbf69792be3d36e74650cf211b5a990bc9af7ace83418f034a135"
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 552 (2013_14) — Appling County; board of elections; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections for Appling County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for definitions; to provide for submission for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide effective dates; 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 552/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135398.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6568/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133507.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar 3-12-13 — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Greg Morris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-05** House Hopper
- **2013-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-12** House Postponed
- **2013-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Act 115 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76836134-260b-4d19-8f23-782395a66626`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).