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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local government; elect an annual report in lieu of a biennial audit; increase expenditure amount"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 81 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government budgets and audits, so as to increase the expenditure amount for which a local government may elect an annual report in lieu of a biennial audit; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 456"
+citation: "Georgia HB 456 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jan Tankersley", "Jay Powell", "Jon Burns", "Penny Houston", "Richard Smith", "Robert Dickey"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-22"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a16637e1-0c6d-4ac5-a60f-350a3cd48717"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "351470f9294baa21f1e231171e28acb03c42489c84f30e1cd167b7fa8d9b0fb8"
+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 456 (2019_20) — Local government; elect an annual report in lieu of a biennial audit; increase expenditure amount
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 81 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government budgets and audits, so as to increase the expenditure amount for which a local government may elect an annual report in lieu of a biennial audit; 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 456/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187077.pdf)
+2. **LC 36 3857/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182527.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **163–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+- Richard Smith — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-22** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Act 211 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a16637e1-0c6d-4ac5-a60f-350a3cd48717`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+