---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pickens County board of elections and registration; provide abolition of board on a date certain"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Pickens County and provide for its powers and duties approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3598), as amended, so as to provide for abolition of the board on a date certain; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 683"
citation: "Georgia HB 683 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Jasperse"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f88e5b5-e361-4372-ac8f-6c1de6884404"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5847785b118fa503c0367eed398df3e9cfb7f5b088426914cc48df02877ca098"
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 683 (2021_22) — Pickens County board of elections and registration; provide abolition of board on a date certain

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Pickens County and provide for its powers and duties approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3598), as amended, so as to provide for abolition of the board on a date certain; 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. **HB 683/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200870.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0754/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199157.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199185.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **140–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** House Hopper
- **2021-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 102 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f88e5b5-e361-4372-ac8f-6c1de6884404`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).