republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-609.md

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Bill	DeKalb County; County Board of Education; changes in boundaries of school district; revise provisions	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, particularly by an Act approved March 14, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4192), an Act approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4256), and an Act approved May 13, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 4069), so as to revise provisions related to changes in boundaries of the DeKalb County school district following certain annexations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 609	Georgia SB 609 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION	enacted	Elena Parent Kim Jackson Randal Mangham Sally Harrell	4	13	2	2026-02-26	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/420c09ef-79b9-47c9-8381-065e6c5e438e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7e1f8ea7feb60a439b3e180d2c0532227ca143e476567d274ca072d6dcc20b6c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 609 (2025_26) — DeKalb County; County Board of Education; changes in boundaries of school district; revise provisions

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, particularly by an Act approved March 14, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4192), an Act approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4256), and an Act approved May 13, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 4069), so as to revise provisions related to changes in boundaries of the DeKalb County school district following certain annexations; 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 3989 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 609 Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 609/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #846 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 110–63 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #719 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Randal Mangham — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-26 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-03-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-19 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 701 executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/420c09ef-79b9-47c9-8381-065e6c5e438e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).