---
type: "Bill"
title: "McDuffie County; board of elections and registration; increase membership of board"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for McDuffie County, approved March 22, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4410), so as to increase the membership of the board; to provide for the manner of appointment and terms of office; 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 559"
citation: "Georgia HB 559 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Mack Jackson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-05"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b918de0-9140-4bd9-8357-05c0f3529f10"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "705203593dea12b0273ec9dd6106f800bc164d250e1bd36ae889a9769ca7f187"
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 559 (2015_16) — McDuffie County; board of elections and registration; increase membership of board

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for McDuffie County, approved March 22, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4410), so as to increase the membership of the board; to provide for the manner of appointment and terms of office; 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 559/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152308.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7435/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150256.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **162–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Mack Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-05** House Hopper
- **2015-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 250 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b918de0-9140-4bd9-8357-05c0f3529f10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).