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Bill State auditor; local governments to request and receive in certain circumstances due date extensions related to filing annual audits; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-81-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to audit of financial affairs and transactions, contents, copy to state auditor, and public inspection, so as to provide for local governments to request and receive in certain circumstances due date extensions related to filing annual audits with the state auditor; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 244 Georgia HB 244 (2025_26)
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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Bill Yearta
Chas Cannon
Gerald Greene
Leesa Hagan
Mack Jackson
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Georgia HB 244 (2025_26) — State auditor; local governments to request and receive in certain circumstances due date extensions related to filing annual audits; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-81-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to audit of financial affairs and transactions, contents, copy to state auditor, and public inspection, so as to provide for local governments to request and receive in certain circumstances due date extensions related to filing annual audits with the state auditor; 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 244/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 47 3293/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 47 3465S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 47 3465S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  5. Sen Ctee Sub LC 62 0334S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #150 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1627 (pass) · lower
  • House Vote #706 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1514 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #702 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 482 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bill Yearta — primary (person)
  • Chas Cannon — primary (person)
  • Gerald Greene — primary (person)
  • Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
  • Mack Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-04 House Hopper introduction
  • 2025-02-05 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-02-06 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2025-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2025-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2025-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2025-04-02 Senate Tabled
  • 2026-01-12 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2026-01-12 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
  • 2026-02-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-10 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2026-03-10 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2026-03-16 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-05-11 Act 437 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/751b4884-968e-4175-aa21-8750ac17c021. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).