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type: "Bill"
title: "Hancock County; board of elections and registration; change the manner of appointment of the board"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Hancock County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3710), so as to change the manner of appointment of the board; to change the manner of selection of the chairperson; to provide for the continuation in office of the current members of the board; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 412"
citation: "Georgia SB 412 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-22"
last_action: "2016-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a258f706-c959-4972-86e4-c92496c9df02"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3c7e3c6bb4bd3623647ca4c93640149d3be4322901fa3acc080668c6e4e0a5a7"
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 SB 412 (2015_16) — Hancock County; board of elections and registration; change the manner of appointment of the board
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Hancock County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3710), so as to change the manner of appointment of the board; to change the manner of selection of the chairperson; to provide for the continuation in office of the current members of the board; 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 28 7885** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158215.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159374.pdf)
3. **SB 412 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159339.pdf)
4. **SB 412/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160138.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **482** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David Lucas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-22** Senate Hopper
- **2016-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-04-01** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 397 `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a258f706-c959-4972-86e4-c92496c9df02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).