---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mitchell County; board of elections and registration; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Mitchell County and to provide for its powers and duties; to define certain terms; to provide for the composition of the board and the selection, qualifications, and terms of its members; to provide for the resignation, succession, and removal of members and for filling vacancies; to relieve a certain board and officers of certain powers and duties and provide for the transfer of certain items to the newly created board; to abolish a certain board and officers; to provide for an elections supervisor and the powers and duties of such elections supervisor; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 792"
citation: "Georgia HB 792 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Powell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-22"
last_action: "2014-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f86a348d-298f-498c-8018-2fdd4ecd6010"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "11c710b3d06fb5b9ba2b3fb7d8976cbe3a3219566667b8ed941ddebdc9e7e5d4"
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 792 (2013_14) — Mitchell County; board of elections and registration; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Mitchell County and to provide for its powers and duties; to define certain terms; to provide for the composition of the board and the selection, qualifications, and terms of its members; to provide for the resignation, succession, and removal of members and for filling vacancies; to relieve a certain board and officers of certain powers and duties and provide for the transfer of certain items to the newly created board; to abolish a certain board and officers; to provide for an elections supervisor and the powers and duties of such elections supervisor; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 792/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141151.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6870/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137870.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **161–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-22** House Hopper
- **2014-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-01-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-01-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-01-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-01-28** 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 366 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f86a348d-298f-498c-8018-2fdd4ecd6010`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).