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type: "Bill"
title: "Savannah, City of; Chatham County; Board of Education; modify compensation of members"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act governing the school system of the City of Savannah and Chatham County, approved March 21, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2636), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4632), so as to modify the compensation of members of the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and the County of Chatham; to provide for applicability and an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 702"
citation: "Georgia HB 702 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Allen Westbrook", "Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "Edna Jackson", "Jesse Petrea", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb822803-b0e7-412f-af8e-1a79b1977781"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "04daf99fa51eb575737f36341f77a34991936dc86268e7ef87d332eae4c278c6"
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 702 (2023_24) — Savannah, City of; Chatham County; Board of Education; modify compensation of members
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act governing the school system of the City of Savannah and Chatham County, approved March 21, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2636), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4632), so as to modify the compensation of members of the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and the County of Chatham; to provide for applicability and an effective date; 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 702/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219556.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2213/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217349.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217359.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #296 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #242 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Anne Allen Westbrook — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Edna Jackson — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-07** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 294 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb822803-b0e7-412f-af8e-1a79b1977781`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).