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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fulton County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 171"
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citation: "Georgia HB 171 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "Harry Geisinger", "Jan Jones", "Joe Wilkinson", "Lynne Riley", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-01-31"
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last_action: "2013-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88dfbe7c-7f88-43ca-97b5-85608e1b7fc0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "99848c12f82151ff68202c86bb3afd59d8c8efa03e9797629d03a7ca6c51132e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 171 (2013_14) — Fulton County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 171/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135381.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 6477/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129428.pdf)
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3. **Sen floor sub LC 28 6556S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135056.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **99–54** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Charles Martin — primary (person)
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- Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Lynne Riley — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-01-31** House Hopper
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- **2013-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-20** Senate Tabled
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 269 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88dfbe7c-7f88-43ca-97b5-85608e1b7fc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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