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type: "Bill"
title: "Columbia County; Board of Elections; revise provisions for appointment and nomination of board members"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections for Columbia County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved March 23, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4180), as amended, so as to revise provisions for the appointment of board members; to provide for the nomination of certain potential board members; to update provisions relating to the certification of such appointments; 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 730"
citation: "Georgia HB 730 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Jodi Lott", "Mark Newton", "Rob Leverett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-14"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dc7182e-27ef-4485-8dff-af34971d6233"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e20a2c7f50436b1d4a269624b04676402289b7c500327b81413c40418b40d97c"
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 730 (2023_24) — Columbia County; Board of Elections; revise provisions for appointment and nomination of board members
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections for Columbia County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved March 23, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4180), as amended, so as to revise provisions for the appointment of board members; to provide for the nomination of certain potential board members; to update provisions relating to the certification of such appointments; 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 730/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219989.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2382/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217872.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217913.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #252 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **101–72** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-14** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 201 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dc7182e-27ef-4485-8dff-af34971d6233`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).