---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; election superintendents to correct mistakes and omissions on ballots for a primary or election; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to authorize election superintendents to correct mistakes and omissions on ballots for a primary or election; 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 42"
citation: "Georgia HB 42 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Christian Coomer", "Eddie Lumsden", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Regina Quick", "Scott Holcomb"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89c28fb2-482b-4423-913b-9a5039743237"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0cbbebfe6adeeff9332a660c297c6ab640b29e70b95cc2882cc37d42ed9b8024"
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 42 (2017_18) — Elections; election superintendents to correct mistakes and omissions on ballots for a primary or election; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to authorize election superintendents to correct mistakes and omissions on ballots for a primary or election; 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 — **159–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
- Regina Quick — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** House Hopper
- **2017-01-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Senate Transmitted House
- **2017-02-23** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-23** Act 7 `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-23** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89c28fb2-482b-4423-913b-9a5039743237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).