---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dawson County; board of elections and registration; provide staggered terms"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of elections and registration for Dawson County, approved April 23, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4680), as amended, to provide for staggered terms of the board; 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 699"
citation: "Georgia HB 699 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnny Chastain", "Will Wade"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e23a4736-2771-4faa-b7c8-831173567932"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "653e868411cdc378133cd21069c0e68e63c9bed9baa04a683b07fdcb8d59a824"
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 699 (2025_26) — Dawson County; board of elections and registration; provide staggered terms

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a board of elections and registration for Dawson County, approved April 23, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4680), as amended, to provide for staggered terms of the board; 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 699/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238534.pdf)
2. **LC 62 0111/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234784.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234832.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #313 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #273 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnny Chastain — primary (person)
- Will Wade — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** 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 161 `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/e23a4736-2771-4faa-b7c8-831173567932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).