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| Bill | Butts County; joint county-municipal board of elections; prohibit persons employed by certain local governments from being eligible to serve on the board for a designated period of time following their government employment | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a joint county-municipal board of elections and registration for Butts County, approved May 11, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3908), so as to prohibit persons employed by certain local governments from being eligible to serve on the board for a designated period of time following their government employment; to clarify the procedures for a member of the board to resign; to change the title of the election supervisor to election director; to provide that employees of the board are county employees with the same obligations and benefits as other county employees; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 873 | Georgia HB 873 (2019_20) |
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Georgia HB 873 (2019_20) — Butts County; joint county-municipal board of elections; prohibit persons employed by certain local governments from being eligible to serve on the board for a designated period of time following their government employment
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a joint county-municipal board of elections and registration for Butts County, approved May 11, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3908), so as to prohibit persons employed by certain local governments from being eligible to serve on the board for a designated period of time following their government employment; to clarify the procedures for a member of the board to resign; to change the title of the election supervisor to election director; to provide that employees of the board are county employees with the same obligations and benefits as other county employees; 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.
- HB 873/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 47 0264/a (committee substitute) — source
- Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Local Calendar — 162–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Susan Holmes — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-02-03 House Hopper
- 2020-02-04 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2020-02-05 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2020-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-02-19 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2020-02-19 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2020-02-20 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2020-06-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-06-26 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2020-06-30 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2020-07-29 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-07-29 Act 524
executive-signature - 2020-07-29 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba6bb6a7-6f99-4f40-a399-e7ac4d8f97e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).