republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-1243.md

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Bill	DeKalb County; board of commissioners; change manner of appointment and terms of office of members	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws relating to the governing authority of DeKalb County and creating a chairman and board of commissioners of said county, approved March 8, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 3237), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4304), an Act approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 3900), an Act approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6137), and an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3811); to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 1243	Georgia HB 1243 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bee Nguyen Billy Mitchell Karla Drenner Michele Henson Renitta Shannon Viola Davis	4	14	1	2020-06-20	2020-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/0a050846-5829-4ca7-823a-58fcda8e8684	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f54d042b101fd1dee185e57eb5b2a969bf41d9b2f81f36058e180feb56ca224a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1243 (2019_20) — DeKalb County; board of commissioners; change manner of appointment and terms of office of members

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws relating to the governing authority of DeKalb County and creating a chairman and board of commissioners of said county, approved March 8, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 3237), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4304), an Act approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 3900), an Act approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6137), and an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3811); to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; 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 1243/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 9832/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen ctee sub LC 28 9852S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 155–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bee Nguyen — primary (person)
• Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
• Karla Drenner — primary (person)
• Michele Henson — primary (person)
• Renitta Shannon — primary (person)
• Viola Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-20 House Hopper
• 2020-06-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-06-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-24 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-24 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-06-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2020-07-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Act 538 executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a050846-5829-4ca7-823a-58fcda8e8684. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).