---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lincoln County; board of elections and registration; abolition of the board on a date certain; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of elections and registration for Lincoln County approved April 4, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4210), 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: "SB 282"
citation: "Georgia SB 282 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15288a67-3314-47fe-a8fb-3064093b5a00"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "20acff3912b7ee72a214215af8402719e9c2b437900049ceeb433cd79951802c"
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 282 (2021_22) — Lincoln County; board of elections and registration; abolition of the board on a date certain; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of elections and registration for Lincoln County approved April 4, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4210), 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. **As introduced LC 47 0811** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199764.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200131.pdf)
3. **SB 282 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199793.pdf)
4. **SB 282/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200882.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **29–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Senate Hopper
- **2021-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 120 `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/15288a67-3314-47fe-a8fb-3064093b5a00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).