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type: "Bill"
title: "Liberty County; board of elections and registration; provide staggered terms for certain future appointees"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the board of elections and registration for Liberty County, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4437), so as to provide for staggered terms of office for certain future appointees to the board; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1547"
citation: "Georgia HB 1547 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Buddy DeLoach"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-12"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7771a694-da14-4de5-98c6-027cf0cc4305"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "98a0f5c1d6eb1bd54876a30ec6239e204ffdccdf7300de5eb17521f70d083936"
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 1547 (2025_26) — Liberty County; board of elections and registration; provide staggered terms for certain future appointees
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the board of elections and registration for Liberty County, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4437), so as to provide for staggered terms of office for certain future appointees to the board; 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 1547/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247400.pdf)
2. **LC 47 9013/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245782.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245793.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #799 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #734 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-12** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** 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 654 `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/7771a694-da14-4de5-98c6-027cf0cc4305`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).