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type: "Bill"
title: "Brooks County; board of elections and registration; expand to five members"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Brooks County, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3703), so as to expand the board to five members; to provide for a quorum of the board; to revise the manner in which members of the board are appointed by the governing authority of the county; to make conforming changes regarding filling vacancies on the board; to provide that the elections supervisor and employees of such supervisor shall be subject to hiring, firing, and the control of the board of elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1359"
citation: "Georgia HB 1359 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John LaHood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-18"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ba6eefb-efe1-4580-bab9-63dbb6af3c15"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "105e6de693c0b561b3910e17e5cdaae5ccebaa673629deabdc8167117084c4dc"
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 1359 (2025_26) — Brooks County; board of elections and registration; expand to five members
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Brooks County, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3703), so as to expand the board to five members; to provide for a quorum of the board; to revise the manner in which members of the board are appointed by the governing authority of the county; to make conforming changes regarding filling vacancies on the board; to provide that the elections supervisor and employees of such supervisor shall be subject to hiring, firing, and the control of the board of elections; 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 1359/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245330.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3912/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243057.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243185.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #639 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #569 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- John LaHood — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-18** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 650 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ba6eefb-efe1-4580-bab9-63dbb6af3c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).