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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Oconee County; Board of Education; reconstitute"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to reconstitute the Board of Education of Oconee County; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for election and terms of office of subsequent members; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal a local constitutional amendment proposed by a certain resolution act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 1496"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1496 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-14"
+last_action: "2024-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aee42d4-772b-45ef-91ca-eddce064db56"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "18f6851ef7fe8f09323af9154fe3779e974b3c71d0ec4be72ccf74814ad73df4"
+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 1496 (2023_24) — Oconee County; Board of Education; reconstitute
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to reconstitute the Board of Education of Oconee County; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for election and terms of office of subsequent members; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal a local constitutional amendment proposed by a certain resolution 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 1496/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229151.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3016/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227530.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227546.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #728 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **160–1** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #823 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-14** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Act 690 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aee42d4-772b-45ef-91ca-eddce064db56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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