---
type: "Bill"
title: "Floyd County; Board of Elections and Registration; reconstitute and reestablish"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to reconstitute and reestablish the board of elections and registration for Floyd 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_ss"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "Georgia HB 8 (2021_ss)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lumsden", "Katie Dempsey", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-11-08"
last_action: "2021-11-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d244aaa1-6491-4ea6-9b8f-6ac40c5b6db2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a1e7b8044432ded8f632d031e6985d07065b12050c5a7139cfa4cd54a3a93642"
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 8 (2021_ss) — Floyd County; Board of Elections and Registration; reconstitute and reestablish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to reconstitute and reestablish the board of elections and registration for Floyd 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 8EX/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2021EX/203023)
2. **LC 47 1170/a** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2021EX/202765)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2021EX/202767)

## Votes

- Local Calendar Without HB 10 — **150–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-08** House Hopper
- **2021-11-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-11-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-11-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-11-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-11-15** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-11-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-11-19** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-19** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-19** Act 2EX `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-19** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d244aaa1-6491-4ea6-9b8f-6ac40c5b6db2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).