republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-1049.md

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Bill	Savannah, City of; Board of Public Education; authorize to censure its members	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and Chatham County, approved March 21, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2636), as amended, so as to authorize members of the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and Chatham County to censure its members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 1049	Georgia HB 1049 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bill Hitchens Bob Bryant J. Craig Gordon Jesse Petrea Mickey Stephens Ron Stephens	2	13	1	2016-02-18	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/2b1422e4-3942-479d-a81a-347aeacd7434	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e3ab1b69ea7570cf752bcff1958637b5009282437d7253dce4182118cc44c4e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1049 (2015_16) — Savannah, City of; Board of Public Education; authorize to censure its members

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and Chatham County, approved March 21, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2636), as amended, so as to authorize members of the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and Chatham County to censure its members; 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 1049/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 0073/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 151–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Bob Bryant — primary (person)
• J. Craig Gordon — primary (person)
• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• Mickey Stephens — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 House Hopper
• 2016-02-19 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-23 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-14 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 563 executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b1422e4-3942-479d-a81a-347aeacd7434. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).