republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-53.md

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Bill	County Board of Education of DeKalb County; boundaries of an independent school system are not extended by annexation; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish in DeKalb County, Georgia, districts from which the members of the County Board of Education of DeKalb County shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, so as to provide that the boundaries of an independent school system are not extended by annexation unless expressly approved in a separate referendum; to provide for effective dates; to provide for transfer of students; to provide for ownership of property and buildings; to provide for binding arbitration; to provide for no change in school system boundaries under certain circumstances; to provide for intergovernmental agreements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 53	Georgia SB 53 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Elena Parent Emanuel Jones Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Sally Harrell Steve Henson Tonya Anderson	4	12	1	2019-02-05	2019-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/44ee0dbe-55c3-4d7a-894e-2b1b820542de	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a62f254077ec34b9de03ea9013a179c942ee1067f8d3d35c15221575732ccb59	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 53 (2019_20) — County Board of Education of DeKalb County; boundaries of an independent school system are not extended by annexation; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish in DeKalb County, Georgia, districts from which the members of the County Board of Education of DeKalb County shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, so as to provide that the boundaries of an independent school system are not extended by annexation unless expressly approved in a separate referendum; to provide for effective dates; to provide for transfer of students; to provide for ownership of property and buildings; to provide for binding arbitration; to provide for no change in school system boundaries under certain circumstances; to provide for intergovernmental agreements; 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. As introduced LC 44 1042 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB53 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB53/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Steve Henson — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 Senate Hopper
• 2019-02-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-07 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-05 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-10 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-10 Veto V8 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44ee0dbe-55c3-4d7a-894e-2b1b820542de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).