---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cherokee County; Board of Elections and Registration; establish"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to establish the board of elections and registration for Cherokee County, Georgia; to provide for effective dates and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 642"
citation: "Georgia HB 642 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Charlice Byrd", "John Carson", "Jordan Ridley", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Rick Jasperse"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/292b4f81-aed4-4c40-b0c8-03eef7de1270"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4fc2c014b5e5d6033b23a13a3ccef3504afbc3c1c64946e918f05ffd0a710b76"
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 642 (2023_24) — Cherokee County; Board of Elections and Registration; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to establish the board of elections and registration for Cherokee County, Georgia; to provide for effective dates 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 642/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218358.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2177/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216502.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216534.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #224 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **97–70** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #239 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
- Charlice Byrd — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Jordan Ridley — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** 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`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** 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 167 `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/292b4f81-aed4-4c40-b0c8-03eef7de1270`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).