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type: "Bill"
title: "Gainesville City School District; continue existence; provide powers of the board of education"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to continue the existence of the Gainesville City School District as an independent school system; to provide for powers of the board of education; to provide for number of members, districts, elections, qualifications of members, organization, and compensation of the board of education; to provide for the position of superintendent; to provide for related matters; to repeal and reserve provisions of a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 742"
citation: "Georgia HB 742 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emory Dunahoo", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Dubnik", "Timothy Barr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3903d8a0-e152-4453-a984-573251bfbfaa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d9ac6ff1f0e74a6f18e9427b7162fa7369259a3b9caffb2db65aed317c913eee"
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 742 (2021_22) — Gainesville City School District; continue existence; provide powers of the board of education
A BILL to be entitled an Act to continue the existence of the Gainesville City School District as an independent school system; to provide for powers of the board of education; to provide for number of members, districts, elections, qualifications of members, organization, and compensation of the board of education; to provide for the position of superintendent; to provide for related matters; to repeal and reserve provisions of a specific Act; 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 742/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201152.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0745/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200038.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200061.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **153–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
- Timothy Barr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-08** House Hopper
- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 87 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3903d8a0-e152-4453-a984-573251bfbfaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).