---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lanier County; board of elections and registration; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Lanier County; to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for the composition of the board and the selection and appointment of members and an elections supervisor; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "Georgia SB 116 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis Black"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed7dacf8-9def-4a83-8e92-77af71e8cc3c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "467b20422eaa9811c95a284cb769b6f9497439d183449e12f6c05bbcdf0ae8d9"
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 SB 116 (2019_20) — Lanier County; board of elections and registration; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Lanier County; to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for the composition of the board and the selection and appointment of members and an elections supervisor; 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.

1. **As Introduced LC 47 0020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181712.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183222.pdf)
3. **SB 116 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181723.pdf)
4. **SB 116/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186037.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellis Black — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Act 194 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed7dacf8-9def-4a83-8e92-77af71e8cc3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).