Butts County; joint county-municipal board of elections; prohibit persons employed by certain local governments from being eligible to serve on the board for a designated period of time following their government employment
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a joint county-municipal board of elections and registration for Butts County, approved May 11, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3908), so as to prohibit persons employed by certain local governments from being eligible to serve on the board for a designated period of time following their government employment; to clarify the procedures for a member of the board to resign; to change the title of the election supervisor to election director; to provide that employees of the board are county employees with the same obligations and benefits as other county employees; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Jun 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2020
Signed into Law
Jul 2020
Introduced Feb 3, 2020
Signed Jul 29, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Jul 29, 2020
Signed into law
Act 524
upper
Jul 29, 2020
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Jun 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Jun 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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