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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Bibb County; provide for future elections for coroner	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of coroner of Bibb County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for submission of this Act under 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	SB 26	Georgia SB 26 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Burt Jones Cecil Staton	7	15	1	2013-01-14	2013-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/149fe95f-c304-4063-b618-c624dee0b359	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	28dd785a43f094ec4fdbb52a5ffbf2b7fcbc0a9523bf4353c89f00625cdd1316	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 26 (2013_14) — Bibb County; provide for future elections for coroner

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of coroner of Bibb County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for submission of this Act under 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. As introduced LC 21 1857 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend AM 25 1306 (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend AM 28 1207 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 35 2841S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 26 ad (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 26/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONTESTED CALENDAR — 34–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Cecil Staton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-14 Senate Hopper
• 2013-01-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-01-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-01-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-01-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-01 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-12 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-02-14 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2013-02-19 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-24 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Act 53 executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/149fe95f-c304-4063-b618-c624dee0b359. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).