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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elementary and secondary education; finance directors of charter schools participate in initial and annual training; require"
+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 require finance directors of charter schools to participate in initial and annual training in financially operating a charter school; 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 895"
+citation: "Georgia HB 895 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Casas", "Mike Dudgeon", "Rahn Mayo", "Stacey Evans"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-02-03"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83bd42b3-4773-4807-b6ec-b37afbcdb203"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b2d2273d258eb023cf1fc4ab479194af4a5b8f8e7c13356c12503df4cd4f1c60"
+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 895 (2015_16) — Elementary and secondary education; finance directors of charter schools participate in initial and annual training; require
+
+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 require finance directors of charter schools to participate in initial and annual training in financially operating a charter school; 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 895/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162454.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 6381/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156330.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 6565S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159255.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 6565S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158729.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **162–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Casas — primary (person)
+- Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
+- Rahn Mayo — primary (person)
+- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-03** House Hopper
+- **2016-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-02** 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`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Act 525 `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/83bd42b3-4773-4807-b6ec-b37afbcdb203`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+