---
type: "Bill"
title: "Thomasville, City of; reapportion board of education election districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Thomasville, approved March 30, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 5051), as amended, so as to reapportion the board of education election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1445"
citation: "Georgia HB 1445 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-04"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb93b3fd-b32b-47f2-9c3d-6ba082778e1f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c6021946af007424f742b7f146011ace042b4d2d26a60b9d40ddfef024240e68"
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 1445 (2023_24) — Thomasville, City of; reapportion board of education election districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Thomasville, approved March 30, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 5051), as amended, so as to reapportion the board of education election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; 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 1445/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227600.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2948/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226348.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226368.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #679 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #672 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-04** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 695 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb93b3fd-b32b-47f2-9c3d-6ba082778e1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).