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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Barrow County; Board of Education; filling vacancies; revise a provision"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing authority for members of the Board of Education of Barrow County, approved April 19, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 3919), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3851), so as to revise a provision relating to filling vacancies on the board; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_ss"
+identifier: "HB 2"
+citation: "Georgia HB 2 (2023_ss)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Holt Persinger", "Houston Gaines"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-11-29"
+last_action: "2023-12-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd6435b7-6498-49c1-8299-bcc0edc5a3a1"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0454056d8262498095d4629bafab7713531c0996fce7fa6326a0a4f7593b05f2"
+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 2 (2023_ss) — Barrow County; Board of Education; filling vacancies; revise a provision
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing authority for members of the Board of Education of Barrow County, approved April 19, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 3919), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3851), so as to revise a provision relating to filling vacancies on the board; 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 2EX/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2023EX/220739)
+2. **LC 47 2590/a** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2023EX/220588)
+3. **LC 47 2603S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2023EX/220687)
+4. **LC 47 2603S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2023EX/220686)
+5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/2023EX/220613)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Holt Persinger — primary (person)
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-11-29** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-11-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-11-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-12-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-12-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-12-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2023-12-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-12-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-12-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-12-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-12-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-12-18** Act 4EX `executive-signature`
+- **2023-12-18** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd6435b7-6498-49c1-8299-bcc0edc5a3a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+