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type: "Bill"
title: "Walker County; Board of Education; members shall be elected by voters of the respective education districts; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the election of the members of the Board of Education of Walker County, approved March 8, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2235), as amended, so as to provide that future members of the board shall be elected by the voters of the respective education districts instead of by voters of the entire school system; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1245"
citation: "Georgia HB 1245 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cameron", "Steve Tarvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a37857d3-bbc1-40a8-9c3d-d6736588b99e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0a16d3836c09799af99d26dc789b9161b7bb492eebbe24a460ef6d2acb294694"
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 1245 (2025_26) — Walker County; Board of Education; members shall be elected by voters of the respective education districts; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the election of the members of the Board of Education of Walker County, approved March 8, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2235), as amended, so as to provide that future members of the board shall be elected by the voters of the respective education districts instead of by voters of the entire school system; 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 1245/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248543.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3833/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241985.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241998.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #513 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #884 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-09** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 552 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a37857d3-bbc1-40a8-9c3d-d6736588b99e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).