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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local Boards of Education; all meetings of local boards of education shall be open to the public except as otherwise provided by law; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local boards of education, so as to provide that all meetings of local boards of education shall be open to the public except as otherwise provided by law; to provide that members of the public shall not be removed from such public meetings except for actual disruption and in accordance with rules adopted and published by the local board of education; to provide that visual and sound recording shall be permitted at such public meetings; to provide for the authority of superior courts to enforce compliance and award relief; to provide for attorneys' fees; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 588"
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citation: "Georgia SB 588 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Clint Dixon", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "Marty Harbin"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-03-02"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a554531a-abaf-4d48-bad8-134cd548c2a2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "dbaaca953add0b35464aef80e3eae6c55ebdbff1c930f266c4c4dfa068ac7cbc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 588 (2021_22) — Local Boards of Education; all meetings of local boards of education shall be open to the public except as otherwise provided by law; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local boards of education, so as to provide that all meetings of local boards of education shall be open to the public except as otherwise provided by law; to provide that members of the public shall not be removed from such public meetings except for actual disruption and in accordance with rules adopted and published by the local board of education; to provide that visual and sound recording shall be permitted at such public meetings; to provide for the authority of superior courts to enforce compliance and award relief; to provide for attorneys' fees; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 49 0912** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208085.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209509.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 0973S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210233.pdf)
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4. **SB 588/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211278.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **32–20** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-02** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Tabled
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-04-28** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-28** Act 721 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a554531a-abaf-4d48-bad8-134cd548c2a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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