---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crisp County; Board of Education; reconstitute"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to reconstitute the Board of Education of Crisp County; to provide for legislative purpose; to provide for the composition and election of said board; to provide for election districts; to provide for terms of office; to provide for qualifications for office; to abolish the current Board of Education of Crisp County on a date certain and shorten the terms of office of certain members of such board; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates; to repeal a local constitutional amendment proposed by a certain resolution act; to repeal a specific act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 956"
citation: "Georgia HB 956 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carl Gilliard", "Danny Mathis", "Don Hogan", "Noel Williams, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/847c006e-4bb9-4928-91b7-a4b5f91c77e9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "35bd5df5a3dced93ecbf604c8ce8e3d6ac3607b37f53fbc53f73a9aa5f3e12e0"
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 956 (2021_22) — Crisp County; Board of Education; reconstitute

A BILL to be entitled an Act to reconstitute the Board of Education of Crisp County; to provide for legislative purpose; to provide for the composition and election of said board; to provide for election districts; to provide for terms of office; to provide for qualifications for office; to abolish the current Board of Education of Crisp County on a date certain and shorten the terms of office of certain members of such board; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates; to repeal a local constitutional amendment proposed by a certain resolution act; to repeal 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 956/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205514.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1439/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203653.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203748.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **124–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
- Don Hogan — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** House Hopper
- **2022-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-01-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-01-27** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2022-02-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-07** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-02-16** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-17** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-17** Act 408 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-17** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/847c006e-4bb9-4928-91b7-a4b5f91c77e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).