---
type: "Bill"
title: "Habersham County; reconstitute board of elections and registration; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to reconstitute the board of elections and registration for Habersham County; to provide for the composition, powers, duties, and responsibilities of said board; to repeal the Act creating a board of elections and registration for Habersham County, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3678); 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 576"
citation: "Georgia HB 576 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Gasaway", "Terry Rogers"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-13"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75dc457f-c2c6-4ae7-a484-a72a53f0670f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f7a5def7f77d070ff232baf2c4823396af42f8893d71d67e0133fce4f6125565"
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 576 (2017_18) — Habersham County; reconstitute board of elections and registration; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to reconstitute the board of elections and registration for Habersham County; to provide for the composition, powers, duties, and responsibilities of said board; to repeal the Act creating a board of elections and registration for Habersham County, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3678); 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

- Local Calendar — **157–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Gasaway — primary (person)
- Terry Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-13** House Hopper
- **2017-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Act 146 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75dc457f-c2c6-4ae7-a484-a72a53f0670f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).