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type: "Bill"
title: "Walton County; Board of Commissioners; chairperson; reduce base salary and clarify compensation"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a change in the compensation of certain Walton County officers, approved March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3924), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 9, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4362), so as to reduce the base salary for the chairperson of the Board of Commissioners of Walton County and to otherwise clarify the compensation to be paid to said chairperson; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 726"
citation: "Georgia HB 726 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Reynaldo Martinez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-13"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaf2d1fd-91df-4cb8-a0d7-ed45821b4bec"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7a166ed63b5a368647348450573fd1d736b720c51a4a8762b532b8cbdecb658b"
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 726 (2023_24) — Walton County; Board of Commissioners; chairperson; reduce base salary and clarify compensation
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a change in the compensation of certain Walton County officers, approved March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3924), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 9, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4362), so as to reduce the base salary for the chairperson of the Board of Commissioners of Walton County and to otherwise clarify the compensation to be paid to said chairperson; 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 726/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219572.pdf)
2. **LC 46 0609/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217704.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217764.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #296 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #251 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Reynaldo Martinez — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 302 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaf2d1fd-91df-4cb8-a0d7-ed45821b4bec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).