---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coweta County; Board of Education; provide compensation"
description: "A BILL To be entitled an Act to provide for the compensation of the Coweta County Board of Education; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 707"
citation: "Georgia HB 707 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Jenkins", "Josh Bonner", "Lydia Glaize", "Lynn Smith", "Mandisha Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1d56097-43c9-48e8-ae31-45bb7f9891aa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5d97d24dc74b6e407251962e2230da4dbcd947f6ff56c3de6e7029e7def313b2"
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 707 (2023_24) — Coweta County; Board of Education; provide compensation

A BILL To be entitled an Act to provide for the compensation of the Coweta County Board of Education; 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 707/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218825.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2342/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217416.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217438.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #253 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #235 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Jenkins — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Lydia Glaize — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Mandisha Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 295 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1d56097-43c9-48e8-ae31-45bb7f9891aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).