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type: "Bill"
title: "Atlanta, City of; Board of Education; qualifications for membership; remove certain limitations"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to continue the existence of the Atlanta Independent School System under the management and control of the Atlanta Board of Education, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4154), as amended, so as to remove limitations on qualifications for membership on said board related to working for other boards of education; 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 792"
citation: "Georgia HB 792 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy Holland", "Inga Willis", "Kim Schofield", "Park Cannon", "Roger Bruce", "Sheila Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1c2f6a4-0575-4d42-a88e-91031302e96d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0cbb698ee7fb6855b0253f5fc64f674d4883964c7e7a677a86d05652f5cb0d78"
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 792 (2023_24) — Atlanta, City of; Board of Education; qualifications for membership; remove certain limitations
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to continue the existence of the Atlanta Independent School System under the management and control of the Atlanta Board of Education, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4154), as amended, so as to remove limitations on qualifications for membership on said board related to working for other boards of education; 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 792/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220017.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2373/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218598.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218693.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **1620** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **520** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Betsy Holland — primary (person)
- Inga Willis — primary (person)
- Kim Schofield — primary (person)
- Park Cannon — primary (person)
- Roger Bruce — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 327 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1c2f6a4-0575-4d42-a88e-91031302e96d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).