--- type: "Bill" title: "Terrell County; office of coroner; provide nonpartisan elections" description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of coroner of Terrell County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes." jurisdiction: "us/states/ga" legislature: "Georgia General Assembly" session: "2013_14" identifier: "HB 709" citation: "Georgia HB 709 (2013_14)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene"] version_count: 2 action_count: 13 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2014-01-13" last_action: "2014-07-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11a8cdc4-fb5d-4376-bf88-7af194388325" source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl" source_hash: "3be1fb0f6c712068eef2c2194cb25194cada985e6cc574be50e05228e1802ab7" 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 709 (2013_14) — Terrell County; office of coroner; provide nonpartisan elections A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of coroner of Terrell County shall be nonpartisan elections; 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 709/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141115.pdf) 2. **LC 21 2257/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137334.pdf) ## Votes - PASSAGE — **135–13** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Gerald Greene — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2014-01-13** House Hopper - **2014-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1` - **2014-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2` - **2014-01-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable` - **2014-01-31** House Third Readers `reading-3` - **2014-01-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage` - **2014-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee` - **2014-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable` - **2014-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage` - **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2014-04-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2014-04-10** Act 361 `executive-signature` - **2014-07-01** Effective Date ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11a8cdc4-fb5d-4376-bf88-7af194388325`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).