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type: "Bill"
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title: "State auditor; local governments to request and receive in certain circumstances due date extensions related to filing annual audits; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-81-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to audit of financial affairs and transactions, contents, copy to state auditor, and public inspection, so as to provide for local governments to request and receive in certain circumstances due date extensions related to filing annual audits with the state auditor; 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 244"
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citation: "Georgia HB 244 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Yearta", "Chas Cannon", "Gerald Greene", "Leesa Hagan", "Mack Jackson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-04"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/751b4884-968e-4175-aa21-8750ac17c021"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e50696dc541cbd33685e5afcb69154f59aee65179230e12b2ff10375bd12b883"
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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 244 (2025_26) — State auditor; local governments to request and receive in certain circumstances due date extensions related to filing annual audits; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-81-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to audit of financial affairs and transactions, contents, copy to state auditor, and public inspection, so as to provide for local governments to request and receive in certain circumstances due date extensions related to filing annual audits with the state auditor; 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 244/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245915.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3293/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231144.pdf)
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3. **LC 47 3465S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235043.pdf)
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4. **LC 47 3465S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234336.pdf)
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5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 62 0334S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241016.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #150 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **162–7** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #706 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **151–4** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #702 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Yearta — primary (person)
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- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
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- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-04** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-16** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 437 `executive-signature`
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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/751b4884-968e-4175-aa21-8750ac17c021`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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