---
type: "Bill"
title: "Early County; board of elections and registration; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a board of elections and registration for Early County and to provide for its powers, duties, and responsibilities; to provide for definitions; 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 997"
citation: "Georgia HB 997 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-17"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/979426ae-5d2f-46c7-af04-7a2317fd3ed5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9aafcc14cd0d71ee3d67f45445c6279e47c468eed29b149a05db492436cc5351"
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 997 (2013_14) — Early County; board of elections and registration; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a board of elections and registration for Early County and to provide for its powers, duties, and responsibilities; to provide for definitions; 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 997/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142372.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2411/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139760.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **156–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerald Greene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-17** House Hopper
- **2014-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Act 394 `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/979426ae-5d2f-46c7-af04-7a2317fd3ed5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).