All Roll Calls
Yes: 223 • No: 0
GeorgiaHB 7592025-2026 Regular SessionHouse
Spalding County; board of elections; terms of members; update provisions
Sponsored By: Beth Camp (Republican), Karen Mathiak (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Intragovernmental CoordinationState and Local Governmental OperationsLocal Bill
Your PRIA Score
Score Hidden
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Director trains and appoints poll workers
The elections director must train all elections staff and all poll workers in election laws and procedures. The director selects and appoints all poll workers. When possible, poll workers come from lists given by each political party’s county committee.
Stronger transparency and legal counsel options
The Spalding County elections board must fully follow Georgia open meetings and open records laws and give the public access to meetings. The board may hire its own lawyer or use the county attorney.
New full-time elections director rules
The law creates a full-time elections director to run elections, primaries, and voter registration. The board must appoint a director within 60 days of this section taking effect or of any vacancy. The director must live in and be registered to vote in Spalding County and stay that way. The director cannot hold another job and gets the same benefits as other county employees. The board sets pay under the county-approved budget, and the county pays the salary. The director may hire staff within budget; all staff must be county residents and registered voters. The director and staff cannot hold elected or appointed public office or be salaried county or city employees; the job becomes vacant if the director qualifies as a candidate.
New rules for court-appointed member
The court-appointed board member’s term ends January 1, 2025, and the member serves until a qualified successor is appointed. Successors can be removed for cause by a majority of Spalding County superior court judges after notice and a hearing.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Beth Camp
Republican • House
Karen Mathiak
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/28/2025
LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR
Yes: 53 • No: 0
House vote • 3/25/2025
Local Calendar
Yes: 170 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
House Date Signed by Governor
5/13/2025HouseAct 169
5/13/2025Effective Date
5/13/2025House Sent to Governor
4/7/2025HouseSenate Committee Favorably Reported
3/28/2025SenateSenate Passed/Adopted
3/28/2025SenateSenate Read and Referred
3/27/2025SenateHouse Committee Favorably Reported
3/25/2025HouseHouse Third Readers
3/25/2025HouseHouse Passed/Adopted
3/25/2025HouseHouse Second Readers
3/18/2025HouseHouse First Readers
3/13/2025HouseHouse Hopper
3/11/2025House
Bill Text
HB 759/AP* (v4)
Related Bills
HB 90 — Revenue and taxation; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property
HB 739 — Lawrenceville, City of; annexation of certain territory; provide
HB 579 — Professions and businesses; licensure to engage in trade; provisions
SB 566 — Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; the acceptance of tax digests in the event of a publication error made by a newspaper; provide
SB 284 — "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008,"; issuance of orders by the Commissioner of Securities directing persons who have violated certain securities provisions to return; authorize
HB 413 — Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land