---
type: "Bill"
title: "Irwin County; create a board of elections and registration; provide for powers and duties"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Irwin County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "Georgia SB 254 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-14"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4665e309-8301-4aca-baeb-ec783494b633"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f28934ae321f137500570ef16570e22ff8010e9b354786c3646cd86f11880b21"
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 SB 254 (2013_14) — Irwin County; create a board of elections and registration; provide for powers and duties

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Irwin County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for related matters; 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. **As introduced LC 37 1614** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134622.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135562.pdf)
3. **SB 254 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142281.pdf)
4. **SB 254/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136983.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-14** Senate Hopper
- **2013-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 76 `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/4665e309-8301-4aca-baeb-ec783494b633`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).