republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-577.md

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Bill	Wilcox County; Board of Education; change description of districts	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the continued existence of the Wilcox County School District and the Wilcox County Board of Education, approved March 30, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 4452), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5789), so as to change the description of the education districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office for 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 provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 577	Georgia HB 577 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Buddy Harden	2	13	1	2013-03-11	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/7cd8d742-f911-497b-b4d2-14ab0a32df7b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e44bfa004a90984752b5de72627b3cb941262cc4426c440b88bbf3e1fcbbe697	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 577 (2013_14) — Wilcox County; Board of Education; change description of districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the continued existence of the Wilcox County School District and the Wilcox County Board of Education, approved March 30, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 4452), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5789), so as to change the description of the education districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office for 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 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 577/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6696/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 144–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Buddy Harden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-11 House Hopper
• 2013-03-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 141 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7cd8d742-f911-497b-b4d2-14ab0a32df7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).