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type: "Bill"
title: "Macon County; board of elections and registration; expand from three to five members"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Macon County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4532), so as to expand the board from three to five members; to provide for appointments to the board; to provide for terms of the additional board members; to remove expired and outdated provisions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 988"
citation: "Georgia HB 988 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patty Bentley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b69ce343-61dc-4727-becb-a66735bd3e44"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f8aa129c7407cd9a750d121a7511e8533c1d096c3cf18312dd0948d2e7cad32e"
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 988 (2019_20) — Macon County; board of elections and registration; expand from three to five members
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Macon County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4532), so as to expand the board from three to five members; to provide for appointments to the board; to provide for terms of the additional board members; to remove expired and outdated provisions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.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 988/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192955.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0324/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190621.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190654.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **153–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-21** House Hopper
- **2020-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 464 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b69ce343-61dc-4727-becb-a66735bd3e44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).