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type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson County; board of commissioners; filling vacancies; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled \"An Act to create a board of county commissioners for the county of Jackson,\" approved December 18, 1901 (Ga. L. 1901, p. 257), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 3570), so as to revise provisions related to filling certain vacancies on the board of commissioners; 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 839"
citation: "Georgia HB 839 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Emory Dunahoo", "Holt Persinger", "Houston Gaines"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c323f5b-c3c6-418a-be23-20a02608dd25"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bb7d69fc5ce38af3b3652f0652f602dced1091cd2b586adb8e791a7c8ded6abb"
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 839 (2025_26) — Jackson County; board of commissioners; filling vacancies; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to create a board of county commissioners for the county of Jackson," approved December 18, 1901 (Ga. L. 1901, p. 257), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 3570), so as to revise provisions related to filling certain vacancies on the board of commissioners; 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 839/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238658.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3560/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237208.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237355.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #381 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Holt Persinger — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-25** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** 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 239 `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/7c323f5b-c3c6-418a-be23-20a02608dd25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).