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legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-742.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Gainesville City School District; continue existence; provide powers of the board of education"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to continue the existence of the Gainesville City School District as an independent school system; to provide for powers of the board of education; to provide for number of members, districts, elections, qualifications of members, organization, and compensation of the board of education; to provide for the position of superintendent; to provide for related matters; to repeal and reserve provisions of a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 742"
+citation: "Georgia HB 742 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Emory Dunahoo", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Dubnik", "Timothy Barr"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-08"
+last_action: "2021-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3903d8a0-e152-4453-a984-573251bfbfaa"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "d9ac6ff1f0e74a6f18e9427b7162fa7369259a3b9caffb2db65aed317c913eee"
+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 742 (2021_22) — Gainesville City School District; continue existence; provide powers of the board of education
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to continue the existence of the Gainesville City School District as an independent school system; to provide for powers of the board of education; to provide for number of members, districts, elections, qualifications of members, organization, and compensation of the board of education; to provide for the position of superintendent; to provide for related matters; to repeal and reserve provisions of a specific Act; 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 742/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201152.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 0745/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200038.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200061.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **153–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
+- Timothy Barr — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-08** House Hopper
+- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Act 87 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3903d8a0-e152-4453-a984-573251bfbfaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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