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type: "Bill"
title: "County Board of Education of DeKalb County; boundaries of an independent school system are not extended by annexation; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish in DeKalb County, Georgia, districts from which the members of the County Board of Education of DeKalb County shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, so as to provide that the boundaries of an independent school system are not extended by annexation unless expressly approved in a separate referendum; to provide for effective dates; to provide for transfer of students; to provide for ownership of property and buildings; to provide for binding arbitration; to provide for no change in school system boundaries under certain circumstances; to provide for intergovernmental agreements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Georgia SB 53 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elena Parent", "Emanuel Jones", "Gail Davenport", "Gloria Butler", "Sally Harrell", "Steve Henson", "Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44ee0dbe-55c3-4d7a-894e-2b1b820542de"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a62f254077ec34b9de03ea9013a179c942ee1067f8d3d35c15221575732ccb59"
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 SB 53 (2019_20) — County Board of Education of DeKalb County; boundaries of an independent school system are not extended by annexation; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish in DeKalb County, Georgia, districts from which the members of the County Board of Education of DeKalb County shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, so as to provide that the boundaries of an independent school system are not extended by annexation unless expressly approved in a separate referendum; to provide for effective dates; to provide for transfer of students; to provide for ownership of property and buildings; to provide for binding arbitration; to provide for no change in school system boundaries under certain circumstances; to provide for intergovernmental agreements; 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. **As introduced LC 44 1042** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180286.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180730.pdf)
3. **SB53 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180297.pdf)
4. **SB53/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183948.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **550** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
- Steve Henson — primary (person)
- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-05** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10** Veto V8 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44ee0dbe-55c3-4d7a-894e-2b1b820542de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).