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type: "Bill"
title: "Putnam County; Board of Education; change description of districts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to change the method of electing members for the Board of Education of Putnam County, approved March 27, 1972 (Ga. L. 1972, p. 2678), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 15, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 3558), so as to change the description of the education districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for election and terms of office of subsequent members; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1242"
citation: "Georgia HB 1242 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Williams", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca084f4d-d077-49c2-b60c-cd1b2c750cdd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "18ac6f2dc1353fc3a80f8236c37bc79fb71c916ddfcfce17d77806672cdf50f7"
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 1242 (2021_22) — Putnam County; Board of Education; change description of districts
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to change the method of electing members for the Board of Education of Putnam County, approved March 27, 1972 (Ga. L. 1972, p. 2678), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 15, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 3558), so as to change the description of the education districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for election and terms of office of subsequent members; 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 1242/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206692.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1282/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205435.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205620.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **147–10** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-07** House Hopper
- **2022-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-02-16** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-17** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-17** Act 481 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-17** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca084f4d-d077-49c2-b60c-cd1b2c750cdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).