---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County; board of elections and registration; create and provide powers and duties"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Washington County and to provide for its powers and duties; to define certain terms; 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: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 403"
citation: "Georgia HB 403 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mack Jackson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-19"
last_action: "2015-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/547378a9-ffb6-47fc-9e2e-48cdc52ab1d7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d49b42f0d5be13f6c03eb306822c664091ab196146439ba8572cb62c90f94411"
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 403 (2015_16) — Washington County; board of elections and registration; create and provide powers and duties

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Washington County and to provide for its powers and duties; to define certain terms; 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 403/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149967.pdf)
2. **LC 43 0050/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148502.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mack Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-19** House Hopper
- **2015-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 164 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/547378a9-ffb6-47fc-9e2e-48cdc52ab1d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).