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type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson County; board of elections and registration; provide authority to act in certain situations"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Jackson County, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3673), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 30, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 3682), so as to provide for the authority of the board of elections and registration to act in certain situations; to provide for the terms of members of the board; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "Georgia HB 223 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86f2c390-0edd-40a6-8323-7b5620480d66"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3923e5631e63376bae17ec5f9778f8221caa9681c3e98b98691e1fe1fca5709c"
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 223 (2021_22) — Jackson County; board of elections and registration; provide authority to act in certain situations
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Jackson County, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3673), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 30, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 3682), so as to provide for the authority of the board of elections and registration to act in certain situations; to provide for the terms of members of the board; 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.
1. **HB 223/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199834.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9980/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196445.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196501.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **134–10** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-01** House Hopper
- **2021-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 50 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86f2c390-0edd-40a6-8323-7b5620480d66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).