republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-944.md

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Bill	Miller County; Board of Education; provide for the election of members by qualified electors within their respective districts	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act changing the method of selecting the members of the Board of Education of Miller County, approved March 21, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2529), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 8, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 4084), so as to provide for the election of members of the board of education by qualified electors within their respective districts; to provide for election districts; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 944	Georgia HB 944 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Winfred Dukes	3	13	1	2020-02-19	2020-02-28	openstates	ocd-bill/717fcebc-2af0-41c3-a75c-b633ab828102	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	511f6d4a851351ccb2aecf2770c58471bf5bbba38aa6f10fcf193c4e5c9dafba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 944 (2019_20) — Miller County; Board of Education; provide for the election of members by qualified electors within their respective districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act changing the method of selecting the members of the Board of Education of Miller County, approved March 21, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2529), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 8, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 4084), so as to provide for the election of members of the board of education by qualified electors within their respective districts; to provide for election districts; 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 944/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 1402/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 149–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Winfred Dukes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-19 House Hopper
• 2020-02-19 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-02-20 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-02-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-02-28 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-02-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-02-28 Act 323 executive-signature
• 2020-02-28 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/717fcebc-2af0-41c3-a75c-b633ab828102. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).