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type: "Bill"
title: "Ben Hill County; board of elections and registration; appointment of board members; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Ben Hill County, approved April 13, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4989), so as to revise provisions relating to the appointment of board members; to revise provisions relating to filling vacancies on the board; to revise provisions as to the compensation of board members; to redesignate the chief executive officer 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: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 736"
citation: "Georgia HB 736 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leesa Hagan", "Noel Williams, Jr."]
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/3b3e6a66-05e4-4f5a-bc23-70713e495ee4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5d07b02b13688e064d712a3d54526db2cf7c7a549f19196d3dc00e538171abe3"
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 736 (2023_24) — Ben Hill County; board of elections and registration; appointment of board members; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Ben Hill County, approved April 13, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4989), so as to revise provisions relating to the appointment of board members; to revise provisions relating to filling vacancies on the board; to revise provisions as to the compensation of board members; to redesignate the chief executive officer 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 736/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219577.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2341/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217854.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217945.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #296 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #252 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **101–72** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — 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`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 205 `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/3b3e6a66-05e4-4f5a-bc23-70713e495ee4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).