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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elementary and secondary education; process for state approved instructional materials and content is optional; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that the state recommendation process for instructional materials and content is optional; to require a review and recommendation process for locally approved instructional materials and content; to provide for public review of proposed and approved instructional materials and content; to provide for the designation of a school system coordinator; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 739"
+citation: "Georgia HB 739 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brett Harrell", "Buzz Brockway", "James Epps", "Kevin Tanner", "Mike Dudgeon", "Tom Rice"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-01-12"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d41c23f-6802-4cc8-8756-dc46d6fc17da"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "f66ff31fee557d29f01af9ba4f2b5419048adc56ec972ee530d4c982a9868613"
+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 739 (2015_16) — Elementary and secondary education; process for state approved instructional materials and content is optional; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that the state recommendation process for instructional materials and content is optional; to require a review and recommendation process for locally approved instructional materials and content; to provide for public review of proposed and approved instructional materials and content; to provide for the designation of a school system coordinator; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 739/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160787.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 6292/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154457.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 6430S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156906.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 6430S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156499.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **165–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
+- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
+- James Epps — primary (person)
+- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
+- Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
+- Tom Rice — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-12** House Hopper
+- **2016-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Act 523 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d41c23f-6802-4cc8-8756-dc46d6fc17da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+