republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-412.md

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Bill	Hancock County; board of elections and registration; change the manner of appointment of the board	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Hancock County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3710), so as to change the manner of appointment of the board; to change the manner of selection of the chairperson; to provide for the continuation in office of the current members of the board; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 412	Georgia SB 412 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	David Lucas	4	13	1	2016-02-22	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/a258f706-c959-4972-86e4-c92496c9df02	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3c7e3c6bb4bd3623647ca4c93640149d3be4322901fa3acc080668c6e4e0a5a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 412 (2015_16) — Hancock County; board of elections and registration; change the manner of appointment of the board

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Hancock County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3710), so as to change the manner of appointment of the board; to change the manner of selection of the chairperson; to provide for the continuation in office of the current members of the board; 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. As introduced LC 28 7885 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 412 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 412/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 48–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Lucas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-22 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-10 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-10 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-04-01 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 397 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a258f706-c959-4972-86e4-c92496c9df02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).