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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; provide transparency of financial information of local school systems and schools; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education accountability assessment programs, so as to provide transparency of financial information of local school systems and schools, to the greatest extent practicable; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for accessibility to certain financial data of a local board of education; to provide for school level budget and expenditure data; to require local school systems and schools to provide certain information on their websites; to provide for certain data and reports; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 659"
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citation: "Georgia HB 659 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dave Belton", "Jay Powell", "Michael Caldwell", "Mike Dudgeon", "Mike Glanton", "Randy Nix"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-03-24"
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last_action: "2016-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c6e573e-ab6a-4ffa-811e-19c25d1d9f43"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "19f789fcb11a7954774c4dc08c86b0de77cb52eab8a94187b8eee8629c265e59"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 659 (2015_16) — Education; provide transparency of financial information of local school systems and schools; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education accountability assessment programs, so as to provide transparency of financial information of local school systems and schools, to the greatest extent practicable; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for accessibility to certain financial data of a local board of education; to provide for school level budget and expenditure data; to require local school systems and schools to provide certain information on their websites; to provide for certain data and reports; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Floor Amendment AM 33 1666** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161793.pdf)
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2. **HB 659/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162346.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 6172/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152170.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 6398S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157114.pdf)
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5. **LC 33 6398S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156498.pdf)
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6. **SCSFA to HB659** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161381.pdf)
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7. **Sen Floor AM 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161374.pdf)
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8. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6618S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160292.pdf)
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9. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 25 1382** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161154.pdf)
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10. **Sen floor amend 3 AM 33 1636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161288.pdf)
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11. **Sen floor amend 4 AM 33 1637** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161283.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
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- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
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- Randy Nix — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-24** House Hopper
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- **2015-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Veto V6 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c6e573e-ab6a-4ffa-811e-19c25d1d9f43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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