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type: "Bill"
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title: "Board of Commissioners of Fulton County; future elections for the office of county commissioner shall be nonpartisan elections; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County, approved December 3, 1880 (Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 508), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 29, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 2462), so as to provide that future elections for the office of county commissioner shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent effective date; 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: "SB 437"
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citation: "Georgia SB 437 (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: ["Brandon Beach", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Matt Brass"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-02"
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last_action: "2022-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46a5d9ab-2e3c-49dc-bfa9-254a4c111688"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fabbb15e6979b828bbdb9b0eb7c4ce72f108343793a3c87ae1ca4e104ac03d28"
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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 SB 437 (2021_22) — Board of Commissioners of Fulton County; future elections for the office of county commissioner shall be nonpartisan elections; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County, approved December 3, 1880 (Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 508), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 29, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 2462), so as to provide that future elections for the office of county commissioner shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 44 1881** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204830.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205802.pdf)
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3. **Floor sub LC 44 1941S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205726.pdf)
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4. **LC 44 1960S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206705.pdf)
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5. **SB 437 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204831.pdf)
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6. **SB 437/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207681.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-02** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-02-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-08** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-17** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-02-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2022-03-01** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-03-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-02** Act 535 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-02** 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/46a5d9ab-2e3c-49dc-bfa9-254a4c111688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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