---
type: "Bill"
title: "Berrien County; Board of Education; provide compensation of members"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Education of Berrien County, approved April 5, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 3044), as amended, so as to provide for the compensation of the members of the board of education; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1312"
citation: "Georgia HB 1312 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Penny Houston"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82d2ca4c-0bae-4c9d-b0ef-9d2968953fda"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0000bb1f4e8dad469ce474c387efdb2aad9404c2fc33b6a67aaf508a533dcb92"
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 1312 (2021_22) — Berrien County; Board of Education; provide compensation of members

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Education of Berrien County, approved April 5, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 3044), as amended, so as to provide for the compensation of the members of the board of education; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 1312/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207742.pdf)
2. **LC 49 0603/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206061.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206121.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **153–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Penny Houston — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-10** House Hopper
- **2022-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-18** Act 626 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82d2ca4c-0bae-4c9d-b0ef-9d2968953fda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).