---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gilmer County; board of elections and registration; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Gilmer County; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 382"
citation: "Georgia SB 382 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2025-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc4d206a-0428-4562-8478-e4daddfe1671"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3b4b6754c4e4d4d22d51bba8f9ae7a1af9bdd0167472ba2e5ee8e3cee4a061a9"
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 382 (2023_24) — Gilmer County; board of elections and registration; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Gilmer County; to provide for related matters; to provide for an 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 47 2612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221646.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223156.pdf)
3. **SB 382 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221649.pdf)
4. **SB 382/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224178.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #474 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #482 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-15** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 623 `executive-signature`
- **2025-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc4d206a-0428-4562-8478-e4daddfe1671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).