---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; time period for certification of election officials; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide for the time period for certification of election officials; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 268"
citation: "Georgia HB 268 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bruce Williamson", "Christian Coomer", "Ed Rynders", "Jon Burns", "Matt Hatchett"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c3674a4-ac49-48fe-a837-93d89d4556e9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "65b79296bb3642db8af88a8d0b171cfc397f1f19bed01ea3506a7e22595de0af"
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 268 (2017_18) — Elections; time period for certification of election officials; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide for the time period for certification of election officials; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **111–57** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** House Hopper
- **2017-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** House Postponed
- **2017-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-09** Act 250 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c3674a4-ac49-48fe-a837-93d89d4556e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).