---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gilmer County; appointment of a county surveyor; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Gilmer County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; to provide that the person currently serving as elected county surveyor shall serve out the remainder of his or her term; to provide for successors; to provide for qualifications; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 448"
citation: "Georgia HB 448 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnny Chastain"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ffd5864-eb9a-4a62-a4ca-26a7ac400e26"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0c34458fb8146c0b05c0ea6e782f29535f8c9ad32e3cdd0e9771862e29d8fbcf"
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 448 (2025_26) — Gilmer County; appointment of a county surveyor; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Gilmer County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; to provide that the person currently serving as elected county surveyor shall serve out the remainder of his or her term; to provide for successors; to provide for qualifications; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; 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 448/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235707.pdf)
2. **LC 58 0007/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232418.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232443.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #58 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #221 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **43–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnny Chastain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 143 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ffd5864-eb9a-4a62-a4ca-26a7ac400e26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).