---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Education of Twiggs County; description of the education districts; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Education of Twiggs County, approved March 26, 1982 (Ga. L. 1982, p. 3627), as amended, so as to change the description of the education districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "Georgia SB 489 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2023-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60bbdb2a-60bf-4bf4-80c3-91924fe651ce"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4c943f70cbdfa0cd841c3ff62f97536839c590a023c788b3da746d9d60ee7387"
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 SB 489 (2021_22) — Board of Education of Twiggs County; description of the education districts; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Education of Twiggs County, approved March 26, 1982 (Ga. L. 1982, p. 3627), as amended, so as to change the description of the education districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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. **As introduced LC 47 1476** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205985.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206468.pdf)
3. **SB 489 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205996.pdf)
4. **SB 489/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206934.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Senate Hopper
- **2022-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-17** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2022-03-01** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-02** Act 554 `executive-signature`
- **2023-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60bbdb2a-60bf-4bf4-80c3-91924fe651ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).