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type: "Bill"
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title: "Gwinnett County; office of chief magistrate; provide nonpartisan elections"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of chief magistrate of Gwinnett County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 938"
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citation: "Georgia HB 938 (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: ["Buzz Brockway", "Chuck Efstration", "Dar'shun Kendrick", "Dewey McClain", "Joyce Chandler", "Valerie Clark"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2014-02-06"
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last_action: "2014-04-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c64905eb-c7d8-4d10-8272-64cf86048253"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1d6509b6370692aea7aa2c13d05dd7025a9cde49877dda5155260a9c53801ed6"
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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 938 (2013_14) — Gwinnett County; office of chief magistrate; provide nonpartisan elections
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of chief magistrate of Gwinnett County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 938/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143771.pdf)
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2. **LC 37 1693/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139160.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **106–56** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
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- Dewey McClain — primary (person)
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- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
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- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-06** House Hopper
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- **2014-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2014-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-21** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-21** Act 573 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-21** 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/c64905eb-c7d8-4d10-8272-64cf86048253`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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