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type: "Bill"
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title: "Echols County; Board of Commissioners; increase size"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws creating and governing the Board of Commissioners of Echols County, approved February 3, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 2054), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 27, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 4575), so as to increase the size of the board of commissioners; to provide for residency requirements; to provide for the description of the commissioner districts and posts; to define certain terms and provide for certain inclusions; to provide for election of members; to provide for initial terms; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 1601"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1601 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John Corbett"]
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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: "2022-03-25"
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last_action: "2024-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37f691b0-2e82-4235-9e17-5be0714cc9fa"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ca9e680c9ecaf4302a8b9431df1d93455b98159b2f41e3238d05f5c983ca1e49"
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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 1601 (2021_22) — Echols County; Board of Commissioners; increase size
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws creating and governing the Board of Commissioners of Echols County, approved February 3, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 2054), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 27, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 4575), so as to increase the size of the board of commissioners; to provide for residency requirements; to provide for the description of the commissioner districts and posts; to define certain terms and provide for certain inclusions; to provide for election of members; to provide for initial terms; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; 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 1601/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211361.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 1822/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210508.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210510.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **153–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-25** House Hopper
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- **2022-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-03-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-04-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-11** Act 589 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-01-01** 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/37f691b0-2e82-4235-9e17-5be0714cc9fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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