---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wilcox County; board of elections and registration; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Wilcox County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; 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 576"
citation: "Georgia HB 576 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-11"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5e532cd-7f83-4586-bd43-e23a1f04610c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d7a271d7c599e17172747f73154ceb44ae3ca5a4e8f3517e00723b38b77163f8"
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 576 (2013_14) — Wilcox County; board of elections and registration; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Wilcox County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; 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 576/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135570.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6726/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134124.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **151–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buddy Harden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-11** House Hopper
- **2013-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 140 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5e532cd-7f83-4586-bd43-e23a1f04610c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).