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type: "Bill"
title: "Local government; require local constitutional officers to annually report audits of discretionary funds to the General Assembly"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 81 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government budgets and audits, so as to require local constitutional officers to annually report audits of discretionary funds to the General Assembly; 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 1149"
citation: "Georgia HB 1149 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Mesha Mainor", "Steven Sainz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/156c7db5-0512-4ba6-9b4b-28736e562e35"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4cdbd6ffa9aa5120a96251062e64c4399d6ae4c49d16447c4b5c13a219e75c32"
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 1149 (2023_24) — Local government; require local constitutional officers to annually report audits of discretionary funds to the General Assembly
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 81 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government budgets and audits, so as to require local constitutional officers to annually report audits of discretionary funds to the General Assembly; 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. **HB 1149/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228394.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2769/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222982.pdf)
3. **LC 47 2909S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225152.pdf)
4. **LC 47 2951S/RCS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226260.pdf)
5. **LC 47 2951S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226204.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #729 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #638 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **100–62** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
- Mesha Mainor — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** 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`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 596 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/156c7db5-0512-4ba6-9b4b-28736e562e35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).