republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-845.md

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Bill	Cherokee County; Board of Education; require an internal audit function and establish position of internal auditor	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for the numbering of positions of membership on the Cherokee County Board of Education, approved April 17, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 3207), as amended, so as to require an internal audit function of the board and to establish the position of internal auditor; to provide for the selection, powers, and duties of the internal auditor; to provide for internal cooperation; to provide a sunset date on the provisions governing such internal auditor; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 845	Georgia HB 845 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Brad Thomas Charlice Byrd Jan Jones Jordan Ridley Mandi Ballinger Mitchell Scoggins	3	13	2	2025-03-25	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/c4c853c6-9188-4096-aef6-7c70fe925d2a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	207cba6568d17d3dc9fa34ae63a81ef24b0cd9ffb84bd8de41d2f8a5302f1fde	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 845 (2025_26) — Cherokee County; Board of Education; require an internal audit function and establish position of internal auditor

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for the numbering of positions of membership on the Cherokee County Board of Education, approved April 17, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 3207), as amended, so as to require an internal audit function of the board and to establish the position of internal auditor; to provide for the selection, powers, and duties of the internal auditor; to provide for internal cooperation; to provide a sunset date on the provisions governing such internal 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 845/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 61 0217/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #381 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brad Thomas — primary (person)
• Charlice Byrd — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• Jordan Ridley — primary (person)
• Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
• Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-25 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-31 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-31 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 346 executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4c853c6-9188-4096-aef6-7c70fe925d2a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).