republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-739.md

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Bill	Elementary and secondary education; process for state approved instructional materials and content is optional; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that the state recommendation process for instructional materials and content is optional; to require a review and recommendation process for locally approved instructional materials and content; to provide for public review of proposed and approved instructional materials and content; to provide for the designation of a school system coordinator; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 739	Georgia HB 739 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Brett Harrell Buzz Brockway James Epps Kevin Tanner Mike Dudgeon Tom Rice	4	15	1	2016-01-12	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/8d41c23f-6802-4cc8-8756-dc46d6fc17da	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f66ff31fee557d29f01af9ba4f2b5419048adc56ec972ee530d4c982a9868613	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 739 (2015_16) — Elementary and secondary education; process for state approved instructional materials and content is optional; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that the state recommendation process for instructional materials and content is optional; to require a review and recommendation process for locally approved instructional materials and content; to provide for public review of proposed and approved instructional materials and content; to provide for the designation of a school system coordinator; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 739/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 6292/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 6430S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6430S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 165–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brett Harrell — primary (person)
• Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
• James Epps — primary (person)
• Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
• Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
• Tom Rice — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-12 House Hopper
• 2016-01-14 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-09 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-09 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-15 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 523 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d41c23f-6802-4cc8-8756-dc46d6fc17da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).