---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Commissioners of Fulton County; future elections for the office of county commissioner shall be nonpartisan elections; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County, approved December 3, 1880 (Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 508), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 29, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 2462), so as to provide that future elections for the office of county commissioner shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 437"
citation: "Georgia SB 437 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Matt Brass"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46a5d9ab-2e3c-49dc-bfa9-254a4c111688"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fabbb15e6979b828bbdb9b0eb7c4ce72f108343793a3c87ae1ca4e104ac03d28"
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 437 (2021_22) — Board of Commissioners of Fulton County; future elections for the office of county commissioner shall be nonpartisan elections; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County, approved December 3, 1880 (Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 508), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 29, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 2462), so as to provide that future elections for the office of county commissioner shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent 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 44 1881** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204830.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205802.pdf)
3. **Floor sub LC 44 1941S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205726.pdf)
4. **LC 44 1960S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206705.pdf)
5. **SB 437 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204831.pdf)
6. **SB 437/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207681.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Senate Hopper
- **2022-02-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2022-03-01** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-02** Act 535 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-02** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46a5d9ab-2e3c-49dc-bfa9-254a4c111688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).