---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sumter County; board of education and school superintendent; revise and restate law"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to revise and restate the law relating to the Sumter County board of education and school superintendent; to repeal specific former Acts; to provide for a change in the number of members of the board and the districts from which they are elected; to provide for eligibility, manner of election, and filling of vacancies; to provide for a chairperson and vice chairperson; to provide for compensation; to provide for appointment of the school superintendent; to direct the election superintendent to call and conduct a special election; 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: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 836"
citation: "Georgia HB 836 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Rynders", "Mike Cheokas"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-23"
last_action: "2014-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8975dc19-03ea-431e-8b54-b26a20da56f4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5c630b7cd3e5c30a4ca5b11f0f0e363e778b343d2c85d989b2dd283440cc067b"
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 836 (2013_14) — Sumter County; board of education and school superintendent; revise and restate law

A BILL to be entitled an Act to revise and restate the law relating to the Sumter County board of education and school superintendent; to repeal specific former Acts; to provide for a change in the number of members of the board and the districts from which they are elected; to provide for eligibility, manner of election, and filling of vacancies; to provide for a chairperson and vice chairperson; to provide for compensation; to provide for appointment of the school superintendent; to direct the election superintendent to call and conduct a special election; 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. **HB 836/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140327.pdf)
2. **LC 33 5372/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138042.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-23** House Hopper
- **2014-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-02-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-02-25** Act 346 `executive-signature`
- **2014-02-25** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8975dc19-03ea-431e-8b54-b26a20da56f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).