---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stephens County; board of elections and registration; reconstitute and reestablish"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to reconstitute and reestablish the board of registrations and elections for Stephens County, Georgia; to provide for the powers and duties of the board; to provide for the appointment, resignation, and removal of its members; to provide for meetings and special meetings of the board; to provide an administrative office for elections and registrations; to staff such office with an elections supervisor, clerical assistants, and other employees; to provide compensation for administrative personnel and members of the board; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 801"
citation: "Georgia HB 801 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43880d93-9089-4df4-8e7f-72704262c1c7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dac804ef7ce20ee8d6d692a48377ab09f02c8ebba9189de9db23f722bfb30b3d"
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 801 (2021_22) — Stephens County; board of elections and registration; reconstitute and reestablish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to reconstitute and reestablish the board of registrations and elections for Stephens County, Georgia; to provide for the powers and duties of the board; to provide for the appointment, resignation, and removal of its members; to provide for meetings and special meetings of the board; to provide an administrative office for elections and registrations; to staff such office with an elections supervisor, clerical assistants, and other employees; to provide compensation for administrative personnel and members of the board; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; 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 801/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202434.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1009/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201065.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201107.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **108–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Erwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-22** House Hopper
- **2021-03-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Act 39 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43880d93-9089-4df4-8e7f-72704262c1c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).