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type: "Bill"
title: "DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections; board members; appoint and nominate"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4200), as amended, so as to provide that board members shall be appointed by the chief judge of the superior court; to provide for the nomination of potential board members; to update provisions regarding the certification of members appointed to the board; to provide for the selection of a chairman; 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: "SB 246"
citation: "Georgia SB 246 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emanuel Jones", "Gloria Butler", "Steve Henson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-18"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72d36764-3382-4a47-8705-f056a4f96d97"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "886880c841fbae8239fae7448844a1fbd0cee820b2ddf64dd9d69d04989a2bc6"
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 SB 246 (2019_20) — DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections; board members; appoint and nominate
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4200), as amended, so as to provide that board members shall be appointed by the chief judge of the superior court; to provide for the nomination of potential board members; to update provisions regarding the certification of members appointed to the board; to provide for the selection of a chairman; 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. **As introduced LC 47 0122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184992.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185633.pdf)
3. **SB 246/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186843.pdf)
4. **SB246 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184994.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **432** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Steve Henson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-18** Senate Hopper
- **2019-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 287 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72d36764-3382-4a47-8705-f056a4f96d97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).