---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public officers and employees; appointment and election of successor in event of vacancy in the office of district attorney; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vacation of office, so as to provide for the appointment and election of a successor in the event of a vacancy in the office of district attorney; to provide for the term of such successor; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 907"
citation: "Georgia HB 907 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Buzz Brockway", "Ed Rynders"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/339d74f2-24bf-496a-ae4d-52f63086f963"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "522afebae63425c899142308b70d5fb27264f2f21d7999087176dc9516f31431"
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 907 (2017_18) — Public officers and employees; appointment and election of successor in event of vacancy in the office of district attorney; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vacation of office, so as to provide for the appointment and election of a successor in the event of a vacancy in the office of district attorney; to provide for the term of such successor; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 — **116–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
- Ed Rynders — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** House Hopper
- **2018-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-21** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Act 291 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/339d74f2-24bf-496a-ae4d-52f63086f963`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).