---
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).