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type: "Bill"
title: "Spalding County; board of elections; revise composition"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a board of elections for Spalding County, approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4432), as amended, particularly by an Act approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4311), so as to revise the composition of the board; to provide for the termination of the term of the present fifth member; to provide for the appointment of a new fifth member; to provide for terms of office; to provide for the duties and requirements of the board; to provide for an elections supervisor and employees; to provide for qualifications and limitations on the election supervisor and employees; to provide for the county attorney to serve as legal adviser and represent the board; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 769"
citation: "Georgia HB 769 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Karen Mathiak"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-16"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfb48fa8-a25f-429e-b296-36f8ad6d59b6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "648a8a033347c12fe650bbf408a56967f7c701f7ea270c4a27f1924b40f872dd"
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 769 (2021_22) — Spalding County; board of elections; revise composition
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a board of elections for Spalding County, approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4432), as amended, particularly by an Act approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4311), so as to revise the composition of the board; to provide for the termination of the term of the present fifth member; to provide for the appointment of a new fifth member; to provide for terms of office; to provide for the duties and requirements of the board; to provide for an elections supervisor and employees; to provide for qualifications and limitations on the election supervisor and employees; to provide for the county attorney to serve as legal adviser and represent the board; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 769/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201683.pdf)
2. **LC 28 0317/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200516.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200533.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **137–11** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-16** House Hopper
- **2021-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-13** Act 15 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-13** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfb48fa8-a25f-429e-b296-36f8ad6d59b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).