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type: "Bill"
title: "Atlanta, City of; Board of Education; change description of districts"
description: "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), so as to change the description of the education districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office for current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 241"
citation: "Georgia HB 241 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Lindsey", "Keisha Waites", "Margaret Kaiser", "Pat Gardner", "Simone Bell", "Stacey Abrams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-06"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7530aaeb-779e-4cb1-9831-381db848db96"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5ff079fb9552db6cfecb49698283c0c80fb2c2dbfbc2b5ae7554071be2735f61"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 241 (2013_14) — Atlanta, City of; Board of Education; change description of districts
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), so as to change the description of the education districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office for current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 241/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135858.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6427/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130048.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 6622S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134730.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar Without HB 170 — **1601** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Keisha Waites — primary (person)
- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
- Pat Gardner — primary (person)
- Simone Bell — primary (person)
- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-06** House Hopper
- **2013-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 239 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7530aaeb-779e-4cb1-9831-381db848db96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).