---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bibb County; provide for future elections for coroner"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of coroner of Bibb County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for submission of this Act under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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: "SB 26"
citation: "Georgia SB 26 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Cecil Staton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-14"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/149fe95f-c304-4063-b618-c624dee0b359"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "28dd785a43f094ec4fdbb52a5ffbf2b7fcbc0a9523bf4353c89f00625cdd1316"
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 26 (2013_14) — Bibb County; provide for future elections for coroner

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of coroner of Bibb County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for submission of this Act under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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. **As introduced LC 21 1857** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128212.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128954.pdf)
3. **Floor amend AM 25 1306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130981.pdf)
4. **Floor amend AM 28 1207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130975.pdf)
5. **LC 35 2841S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129484.pdf)
6. **SB 26 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128451.pdf)
7. **SB 26/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131597.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONTESTED CALENDAR — **34–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Cecil Staton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-14** Senate Hopper
- **2013-01-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-01-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-12** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-14** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2013-02-19** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 53 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/149fe95f-c304-4063-b618-c624dee0b359`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).