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type: "Bill"
title: "Miller County; Board of Education; provide for the election of members by qualified electors within their respective districts"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 944"
citation: "Georgia HB 944 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Winfred Dukes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-19"
last_action: "2020-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/717fcebc-2af0-41c3-a75c-b633ab828102"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "511f6d4a851351ccb2aecf2770c58471bf5bbba38aa6f10fcf193c4e5c9dafba"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191334.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1402/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190167.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190177.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1490** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/717fcebc-2af0-41c3-a75c-b633ab828102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).