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type: "Bill"
title: "DeKalb County; board of commissioners; change manner of appointment and terms of office of members"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws relating to the governing authority of DeKalb County and creating a chairman and board of commissioners of said county, approved March 8, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 3237), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4304), an Act approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 3900), an Act approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6137), and an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3811); to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1243"
citation: "Georgia HB 1243 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bee Nguyen", "Billy Mitchell", "Karla Drenner", "Michele Henson", "Renitta Shannon", "Viola Davis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-20"
last_action: "2020-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a050846-5829-4ca7-823a-58fcda8e8684"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f54d042b101fd1dee185e57eb5b2a969bf41d9b2f81f36058e180feb56ca224a"
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 1243 (2019_20) — DeKalb County; board of commissioners; change manner of appointment and terms of office of members
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws relating to the governing authority of DeKalb County and creating a chairman and board of commissioners of said county, approved March 8, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 3237), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4304), an Act approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 3900), an Act approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6137), and an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3811); to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; 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 1243/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195283.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9832/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194261.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194275.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 9852S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194970.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **155–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bee Nguyen — primary (person)
- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
- Michele Henson — primary (person)
- Renitta Shannon — primary (person)
- Viola Davis — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-20** House Hopper
- **2020-06-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2020-07-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Act 538 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a050846-5829-4ca7-823a-58fcda8e8684`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).