republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-447.md

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Bill	Laurens County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Laurens County, approved December 1, 1893 (Ga. L. 1893, p. 362), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 11, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3905), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts for the election of members of the board of commissioners; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for submission of this Act for approval under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 447	Georgia HB 447 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	James Epps Jimmy Pruett Matt Hatchett	2	13	1	2013-02-21	2013-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/44bec799-fb09-44c5-8919-18cd363a525a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f219c3ad081ff1826e68348966a8995b775a83a5efad61e262f8dc89b8f4810f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 447 (2013_14) — Laurens County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Laurens County, approved December 1, 1893 (Ga. L. 1893, p. 362), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 11, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3905), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts for the election of members of the board of commissioners; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for submission of this Act for approval under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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. HB 447/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 35 2839/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 156–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• James Epps — primary (person)
• Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 House Hopper
• 2013-02-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-28 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-30 Act 92 executive-signature
• 2013-04-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44bec799-fb09-44c5-8919-18cd363a525a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).