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type: "Bill"
title: "Macon County; rename position of chief election official as chief election supervisor"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Macon County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4532), as amended, particularly by an Act approved June 30, 2020 (Ga. L. 2020, p. 3946), so as to rename the position of chief election official as the chief election supervisor; 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 788"
citation: "Georgia HB 788 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patty Marie Stinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4b46f7e-e12a-4b4d-812a-638719e2a9aa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c34ef0016ab0f25fd8a4fda3eb1aa75708863149a59e29285287f67377fca337"
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 788 (2025_26) — Macon County; rename position of chief election official as chief election supervisor
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Macon County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4532), as amended, particularly by an Act approved June 30, 2020 (Ga. L. 2020, p. 3946), so as to rename the position of chief election official as the chief election supervisor; 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 788/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238119.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3597/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236299.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236393.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #317 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #339 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Patty Marie Stinson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-18** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 229 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4b46f7e-e12a-4b4d-812a-638719e2a9aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).