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type: "Bill"
title: "Laurens County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Laurens County, approved December 1, 1893 (Ga. L. 1893, p. 362), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 11, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3905), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts for the election of members of the board of commissioners; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for submission of this Act for approval under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 447"
citation: "Georgia HB 447 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Epps", "Jimmy Pruett", "Matt Hatchett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44bec799-fb09-44c5-8919-18cd363a525a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f219c3ad081ff1826e68348966a8995b775a83a5efad61e262f8dc89b8f4810f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 447 (2013_14) — Laurens 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 Laurens County, approved December 1, 1893 (Ga. L. 1893, p. 362), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 11, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3905), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts for the election of members of the board of commissioners; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for submission of this Act for approval under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide an effective date; 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 447/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135554.pdf)
2. **LC 35 2839/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131885.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1560** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-21** House Hopper
- **2013-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Act 92 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44bec799-fb09-44c5-8919-18cd363a525a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).