---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oconee County; Board of Education; reconstitute"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to reconstitute the Board of Education of Oconee County; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for election and terms of office of subsequent members; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal a local constitutional amendment proposed by a certain resolution act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1496"
citation: "Georgia HB 1496 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-14"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aee42d4-772b-45ef-91ca-eddce064db56"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "18f6851ef7fe8f09323af9154fe3779e974b3c71d0ec4be72ccf74814ad73df4"
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 1496 (2023_24) — Oconee County; Board of Education; reconstitute

A BILL to be entitled an Act to reconstitute the Board of Education of Oconee County; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for election and terms of office of subsequent members; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal a local constitutional amendment proposed by a certain resolution 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 1496/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229151.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3016/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227530.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227546.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #728 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **160–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #823 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-14** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 690 `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/7aee42d4-772b-45ef-91ca-eddce064db56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).