republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-589.md

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Bill	Washington County; Board of Education; revise districts for election of members	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to reconstitute the Board of Education of Washington County, approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4652), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4447), so as to revise the districts for the election of members of the board of education; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for method of election; to provide for 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 589	Georgia HB 589 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Mack Jackson	2	14	1	2013-03-12	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/d9a8b4d2-0a64-40f3-b5fb-691fac749b27	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b28cb82329be1a769f88952b7f1c93cd9b1f66a4295777a0566a94f2bc90fe72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 589 (2013_14) — Washington County; Board of Education; revise districts for election of members

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to reconstitute the Board of Education of Washington County, approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4652), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4447), so as to revise the districts for the election of members of the board of education; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for method of election; to provide for 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 589/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 1991/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar Without HBs 380, 594, 598, 604 — 159–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mack Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-12 House Hopper
• 2013-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-21 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2013-03-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 148 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9a8b4d2-0a64-40f3-b5fb-691fac749b27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).