---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hancock County; Board of County Commissioners; description of the commissioner districts; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Board of County Commissioners of Hancock County, approved October 5, 1885 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 435), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 4328), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 348"
citation: "Georgia SB 348 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-20"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b00a179-253e-44f5-a27a-ccb2a9839b11"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "20ec50a6463608c2c6a6d85da4fe5e091c27c76c96ca87018e9d6fa6f66dff7d"
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 348 (2025_26) — Hancock County; Board of County Commissioners; description of the commissioner districts; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Board of County Commissioners of Hancock County, approved October 5, 1885 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 435), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 4328), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237545.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 47 3592** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236660.pdf)
3. **SB 348 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236665.pdf)
4. **SB 348/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242942.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #513 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #291 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2026-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 608 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b00a179-253e-44f5-a27a-ccb2a9839b11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).