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type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County; board of commissioners; revise districts for election of members"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 593"
citation: "Georgia HB 593 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mack Jackson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-12"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/543564db-f24c-44ce-a5ab-567236595b46"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0362923f4dd54996a803bfc1f860b1df9c0d484eb8ce8f766b74398302b5f22c"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136653.pdf)
2. **LC 21 1990/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134271.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar Without HBs 380, 594, 598, 604 — **1590** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/543564db-f24c-44ce-a5ab-567236595b46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).