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type: "Bill"
title: "Forsyth County; Board of Registrations and Elections; start and end date of member terms; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Forsyth County Board of Registrations and Elections, approved March 31, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5381), as amended, so as to revise provisions relating to the start and end date of board member terms; to eliminate time limitations on former board members holding elected office; to revise the compensation of the board members; 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 776"
citation: "Georgia HB 776 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brent Cox", "Carter Barrett", "David Clark", "Lauren McDonald", "Rick Jasperse", "Todd Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66877847-afd4-477c-8c41-6e36d9261737"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "da23b5066d8c96ea9163a3f169a2c8cd22d9d28273635c387ee2cd54b14a260b"
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 776 (2023_24) — Forsyth County; Board of Registrations and Elections; start and end date of member terms; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Forsyth County Board of Registrations and Elections, approved March 31, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5381), as amended, so as to revise provisions relating to the start and end date of board member terms; to eliminate time limitations on former board members holding elected office; to revise the compensation of the board members; 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 776/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220006.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2356/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218569.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218739.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brent Cox — primary (person)
- Carter Barrett — primary (person)
- David Clark — primary (person)
- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 319 `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/66877847-afd4-477c-8c41-6e36d9261737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).