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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fulton County; board of elections and registration; revise manner of appointment of chairperson"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Fulton County, Georgia, approved March 30, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 4577), as amended, so as to revise the manner of appointment of the chairperson of the board; to provide for related matters; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 656"
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citation: "Georgia HB 656 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Dreyer", "Debra Bazemore", "Derrick Jackson", "Josh McLaurin", "Pat Gardner", "Sharon Beasley-Teague"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-03-21"
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last_action: "2019-05-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feab583c-346c-4201-87d3-73ec855def16"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3274fd85a0dbfd9a633b318010748416752d1e1fbb13596037459d6e99d2fb35"
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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 656 (2019_20) — Fulton County; board of elections and registration; revise manner of appointment of chairperson
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Fulton County, Georgia, approved March 30, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 4577), as amended, so as to revise the manner of appointment of the chairperson of the board; to provide for related matters; 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 656/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187457.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 1181/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185344.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185364.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Dreyer — primary (person)
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- Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
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- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
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- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
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- Pat Gardner — primary (person)
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- Sharon Beasley-Teague — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-21** House Hopper
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- **2019-03-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** Act 242 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** 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/feab583c-346c-4201-87d3-73ec855def16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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