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type: "Bill"
title: "Fayette County; board of elections; revise composition"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for the re-creation of the board of elections for Fayette County, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3712), so as to revise the composition of the board; to revise provisions for appointment of board members; to provide for initial terms; to provide for current board members to serve out the terms to which they were appointed; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1557"
citation: "Georgia HB 1557 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Bazemore", "Derrick Jackson", "Josh Bonner", "Karen Mathiak"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-16"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74caa4c1-1018-47db-b087-182b6e036e34"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a89de5800615302b0a415eb9c5d746f9f2a5242957abb575456837c8a19511ce"
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 1557 (2025_26) — Fayette County; board of elections; revise composition
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for the re-creation of the board of elections for Fayette County, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3712), so as to revise the composition of the board; to revise provisions for appointment of board members; to provide for initial terms; to provide for current board members to serve out the terms to which they were appointed; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 1557/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248274.pdf)
2. **LC 47 4064/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245963.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245995.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #873 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #739 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-16** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 679 `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/74caa4c1-1018-47db-b087-182b6e036e34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).