---
type: "Bill"
title: "White County; board of elections and registration; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for White County; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 304"
citation: "Georgia SB 304 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e78fb45-4a50-416b-8e77-8aa361c6edb1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "16d9794d0280a2ee4ed170f474f0561ccd3f38b24b14b78a787323c5e381a13f"
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 304 (2019_20) — White County; board of elections and registration; create

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

1. **As introduced LC 47 0223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188218.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189128.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 47 0300S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189074.pdf)
4. **SB 304 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188219.pdf)
5. **SB304/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191656.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Senate Hopper
- **2020-01-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 364 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e78fb45-4a50-416b-8e77-8aa361c6edb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).