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HB503 • 2025

State Election Board; promulgate, amend, adopt, or repeal nonemergency rules and regulations in odd-numbered years; provide

State Election Board; promulgate, amend, adopt, or repeal nonemergency rules and regulations in odd-numbered years; provide

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Sponsor
Draper, Saira
Last action
2025-02-20
Official status
House Second Readers
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary states the bill amends Chapter 2 of Title 21, but does not provide details on what those amendments entail beyond the rule-making schedule.

State Election Board Rule-Making Schedule

This bill requires the State Election Board to create, change, or remove nonemergency election rules only in odd-numbered years.

What This Bill Does

  • Limits when the State Election Board can make new rules for elections that are not emergencies.
  • Requires these rule changes to happen only during odd-numbered years.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The State Election Board

Limits and Unknowns

  • No effective date is listed in the provided source material.
  • The text does not define specific exceptions for emergency situations outside of this schedule.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-20 Georgia General Assembly

    House Second Readers

Official Summary Text

State Election Board; promulgate, amend, adopt, or repeal nonemergency rules and regulations in odd-numbered years; provide