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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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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 873"
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citation: "Georgia HB 873 (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: ["Andrew Welch", "Susan Holmes"]
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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: "2020-02-03"
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last_action: "2020-07-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba6bb6a7-6f99-4f40-a399-e7ac4d8f97e7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a7416ca3906412953e6dbbac778e3c58146cc66bb5eaede97790eeabe315ad12"
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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 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
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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.
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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 873/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195372.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0264/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189242.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189327.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- Susan Holmes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-03** House Hopper
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- **2020-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** Act 524 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** 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/ba6bb6a7-6f99-4f40-a399-e7ac4d8f97e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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