republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-65.md

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Bill	Education; local boards of education and certain charter schools to hold at least two public meetings on the proposed annual operating budget; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to require local boards of education and certain charter schools to hold at least two public meetings on the proposed annual operating budget; to require that a summary of the proposed and adopted annual operating budget be posted on the Internet; to require that the detailed annual operating budget be made available upon request; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 65	Georgia HB 65 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Matt Ramsey Michael Caldwell Mike Dudgeon Sam Teasley Scot Turner Stephen Allison	4	18	1	2015-01-15	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/09d46a3c-0f83-48a4-b9a9-36e9af89744a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	146cd7f5eaa0683bbc5c25b03055e20a487af3256d88cb6e8bee15bd906c1853	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 65 (2015_16) — Education; local boards of education and certain charter schools to hold at least two public meetings on the proposed annual operating budget; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to require local boards of education and certain charter schools to hold at least two public meetings on the proposed annual operating budget; to require that a summary of the proposed and adopted annual operating budget be posted on the Internet; to require that the detailed annual operating budget be made available upon request; 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 65/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 5725/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 33 6144S (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen ctee sub LC 40 1179S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 170–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
• Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
• Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
• Sam Teasley — primary (person)
• Scot Turner — primary (person)
• Stephen Allison — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-15 House Hopper
• 2015-01-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-09 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-02-12 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-02-17 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-01-11 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2016-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-22 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 612 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09d46a3c-0f83-48a4-b9a9-36e9af89744a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).