---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wheeler County; board of elections and registration; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Wheeler 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 510"
citation: "Georgia SB 510 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-15"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50b228fe-ad73-43c9-b539-ccf3f3b1952d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "be7349f636dcd7086b2ae1be244e49b047ec2afeab54951ab78f0196a2cb7d44"
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 510 (2019_20) — Wheeler County; board of elections and registration; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Wheeler 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 47 0554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193436.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194226.pdf)
3. **SB 510 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193440.pdf)
4. **SB510/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194638.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **45–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Tillery — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-15** Senate Hopper
- **2020-06-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** 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 368 `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/50b228fe-ad73-43c9-b539-ccf3f3b1952d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).