---
type: "Bill"
title: "Heard County; board of elections and registration; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Heard County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 461"
citation: "Georgia HB 461 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randy Nix"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-22"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/737671a7-34e0-486f-afd2-b0950600f112"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c9c3410e831e3c0d141be0e48bb0ca988568aeac0fc6556a3f8d3a7cab76e9c6"
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 461 (2017_18) — Heard County; board of elections and registration; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Heard County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for related matters; to provide 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendar without HB 508 — **161–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Randy Nix — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22** House Hopper
- **2017-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Act 110 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/737671a7-34e0-486f-afd2-b0950600f112`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).