republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-171.md

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Bill	Fulton 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 Fulton County, approved December 3, 1880 (Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 508), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 12, 1982 (Ga. L. 1982, p. 4148), an Act approved March 28, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4531), and an Act approved April 9, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 5241), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for qualifications and the manner of election and terms of office; to provide for the filling of vacancies; to provide for the powers and duties of the chairperson; to provide for a quorum; 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 171	Georgia HB 171 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Charles Martin Harry Geisinger Jan Jones Joe Wilkinson Lynne Riley Wendell Willard	3	16	1	2013-01-31	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/88dfbe7c-7f88-43ca-97b5-85608e1b7fc0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	99848c12f82151ff68202c86bb3afd59d8c8efa03e9797629d03a7ca6c51132e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 171 (2013_14) — Fulton 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 Fulton County, approved December 3, 1880 (Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 508), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 12, 1982 (Ga. L. 1982, p. 4148), an Act approved March 28, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4531), and an Act approved April 9, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 5241), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for qualifications and the manner of election and terms of office; to provide for the filling of vacancies; to provide for the powers and duties of the chairperson; to provide for a quorum; 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 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 171/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6477/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen floor sub LC 28 6556S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 99–54 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Charles Martin — primary (person)
• Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Lynne Riley — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-31 House Hopper
• 2013-02-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-01 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-01 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-01 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 Senate Tabled
• 2013-03-21 Senate Taken from Table
• 2013-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 269 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88dfbe7c-7f88-43ca-97b5-85608e1b7fc0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).