---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oglethorpe County; board of elections and registration; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Oglethorpe County; to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for definitions; to provide for the composition of the board and the selection and appointment of members and an elections supervisor; to provide for the qualifications, terms, and removal of members; to provide for vacancies; to provide for oaths and privileges; to provide for the conduct of primaries and elections; to provide for meetings; to authorize the conduct of municipal elections; to allow for joint primaries; to authorize expenditure of public funds; to provide compensation for board members; to provide for offices, supplies, and other materials; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1122"
citation: "Georgia HB 1122 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-03-07"
last_action: "2017-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de689da3-7595-4e04-9cef-679ae06c4406"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "09b1826081c8e6c2220e356289131305e999a9fd5a23ef96a225df393be1f6b1"
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 1122 (2015_16) — Oglethorpe County; board of elections and registration; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Oglethorpe County; to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for definitions; to provide for the composition of the board and the selection and appointment of members and an elections supervisor; to provide for the qualifications, terms, and removal of members; to provide for vacancies; to provide for oaths and privileges; to provide for the conduct of primaries and elections; to provide for meetings; to authorize the conduct of municipal elections; to allow for joint primaries; to authorize expenditure of public funds; to provide compensation for board members; to provide for offices, supplies, and other materials; 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 1122/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161112.pdf)
2. **LC 44 0052/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159542.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-07** House Hopper
- **2016-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 576 `executive-signature`
- **2017-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de689da3-7595-4e04-9cef-679ae06c4406`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).