---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wilkes County; board of elections and registration; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Wilkes County; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 540"
citation: "Georgia HB 540 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rob Leverett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be83193f-0817-4b9a-9101-520c1f833788"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3551970a7ab42a933a2486a38823cd014f5f6f5608099733faefc6f41ab260be"
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 540 (2023_24) — Wilkes County; board of elections and registration; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Wilkes County; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; 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 540/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219332.pdf)
2. **LC 46 0543/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215621.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215682.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #272 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #223 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **97–68** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rob Leverett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 146 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be83193f-0817-4b9a-9101-520c1f833788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).