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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; require State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee; to provide for minimum responsibilities of such committee; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Audits and Accounts, so as to revise provisions for financial audits of local school systems by and on behalf of the Department of Audits and Accounts; to provide for such audits of state charter schools; to require the Department of Audits and Accounts to develop and implement a program of progressive monitoring, supports, and interventions to local school systems and state charter schools; to provide for investigations of local school systems and state charter schools by the state auditor; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1164"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1164 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Jan Jones", "Kasey Carpenter", "Matt Hatchett", "Matthew Gambill", "Will Wade"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-03"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe39fc18-3da6-41a9-a137-a35e6987b1ed"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e8a7c61b266c4892e243bedca4895775eef8504bedfeac434a8d843a70cbfa33"
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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 HB 1164 (2025_26) — Education; require State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee; to provide for minimum responsibilities of such committee; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Audits and Accounts, so as to revise provisions for financial audits of local school systems by and on behalf of the Department of Audits and Accounts; to provide for such audits of state charter schools; to require the Department of Audits and Accounts to develop and implement a program of progressive monitoring, supports, and interventions to local school systems and state charter schools; to provide for investigations of local school systems and state charter schools by the state auditor; to provide for an effective date; 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. **HB 1164/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247123.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 2582/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241307.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 2695S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244345.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 2695S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243375.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #794 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–2** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #572 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **103–68** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Will Wade — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-03** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** House Postponed
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- **2026-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 721 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/fe39fc18-3da6-41a9-a137-a35e6987b1ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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