---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of County Commissioners of Hancock County; change the description of the commissioner districts"
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, 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 the submission of this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 183"
citation: "Georgia SB 183 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0df1775a-2382-49e2-965f-95deff99e14d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1ed36d35492006b91af83cbb56e6aede3e5ad7beb1fea05e2023084ddd1d90c0"
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 183 (2013_14) — Board of County Commissioners of Hancock County; change the description of the commissioner districts

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, 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 the submission of this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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 28 6510** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131352.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132184.pdf)
3. **SB 183 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131699.pdf)
4. **SB183/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134749.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-19** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-07** House Notice to Reconsider
- **2013-03-11** House Reconsidered
- **2013-03-11** House Tabled
- **2013-03-11** House Tabled
- **2013-03-13** House Taken from Table
- **2013-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 222 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0df1775a-2382-49e2-965f-95deff99e14d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).