republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1122.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; provide for funding requirements to apply to local agencies; charter schools; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to secondary and elementary education, so as to provide for funding requirements to apply to local education agencies; to provide for one superintendent for each state charter school; to provide for funding for local and state charter school principals; to increase opportunities for students to attend and be enrolled in the public schools where their parents or guardians are employed, including charter schools, regardless of school attendance zone or school system residency; to limit the application of certain state charter school conflict of interest provisions to executive-level employees, rather than all employees, of local boards of education or local school systems; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1122"
citation: "Georgia HB 1122 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "Jan Jones", "Matt Dubnik", "Scott Hilton", "Segun Adeyina", "Todd Jones"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab4314aa-b084-4e32-9116-c23a04c7a7c7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "adb0eeaebad952b498e913e8e178c232b4efe49ede8563912c741f984a22711a"
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 1122 (2023_24) — Education; provide for funding requirements to apply to local agencies; charter schools; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to secondary and elementary education, so as to provide for funding requirements to apply to local education agencies; to provide for one superintendent for each state charter school; to provide for funding for local and state charter school principals; to increase opportunities for students to attend and be enrolled in the public schools where their parents or guardians are employed, including charter schools, regardless of school attendance zone or school system residency; to limit the application of certain state charter school conflict of interest provisions to executive-level employees, rather than all employees, of local boards of education or local school systems; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 49 0173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228558.pdf)
2. **HB 1122/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229558.pdf)
3. **LC 49 1654/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222811.pdf)
4. **LC 49 1831S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226043.pdf)
5. **LC 49 1831S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225429.pdf)
6. **SCSFA to HB 1122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228101.pdf)
7. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 49 1892S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226534.pdf)
8. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 44 0193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227923.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #843 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **35–19** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #775 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **141–24** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #593 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–7** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #703 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
- Segun Adeyina — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-01** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Act 460 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab4314aa-b084-4e32-9116-c23a04c7a7c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).