republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-593.md

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Bill	Washington County; board of commissioners; revise districts for election of members	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners of Washington County, approved August 20, 1913 (Ga. L. 1913, p. 452), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4454), so as to revise the districts for the election of members of the board of commissioners; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for method of election; to provide for submission of this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 593	Georgia HB 593 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Mack Jackson	2	14	1	2013-03-12	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/543564db-f24c-44ce-a5ab-567236595b46	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0362923f4dd54996a803bfc1f860b1df9c0d484eb8ce8f766b74398302b5f22c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 593 (2013_14) — Washington County; board of commissioners; revise districts for election of members

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners of Washington County, approved August 20, 1913 (Ga. L. 1913, p. 452), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4454), so as to revise the districts for the election of members of the board of commissioners; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for method of election; to provide for submission of this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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. HB 593/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 1990/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar Without HBs 380, 594, 598, 604 — 159–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mack Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-12 House Hopper
• 2013-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-21 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2013-03-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 151 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/543564db-f24c-44ce-a5ab-567236595b46. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).