republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-601.md

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Bill	Atlanta Board of Education; residency limitations on qualifications for employment of the executive assistant to the board, chief financial officer, and internal auditor; remove	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to continue the existence of the Atlanta Independent School System under the management and control of the Atlanta Board of Education, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4154), as amended, so as to remove residency limitations on qualifications for employment of the executive assistant to the board, chief financial officer, and internal auditor; to revise provisions related to the selection, removal, and supervision of the executive assistant to the board and the internal auditor; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 601	Georgia SB 601 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION	enacted	Elena Parent Jaha Howard Josh McLaurin Nan Orrock RaShaun Kemp Sally Harrell Sonya Halpern	4	13	2	2026-02-25	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/a7dd394d-d393-4c23-b994-482eb7d47a7d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2e10bd1a9d41eb8893e793f3da94bd8e3e2ee8aaea254afe9677595e96bc0bac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 601 (2025_26) — Atlanta Board of Education; residency limitations on qualifications for employment of the executive assistant to the board, chief financial officer, and internal auditor; remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to continue the existence of the Atlanta Independent School System under the management and control of the Atlanta Board of Education, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4154), as amended, so as to remove residency limitations on qualifications for employment of the executive assistant to the board, chief financial officer, and internal auditor; to revise provisions related to the selection, removal, and supervision of the executive assistant to the board and the 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. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 47 3943 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 601 Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 601/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #857 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 94–75 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #639 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Jaha Howard — primary (person)
• Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• RaShaun Kemp — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-25 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-06 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-04-02 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-04-02 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 700 executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7dd394d-d393-4c23-b994-482eb7d47a7d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).