republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-495.md

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Bill	Education; Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; repeal; provide for Georgia Rural Development Council	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to repeal Chapter 18, relating to the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; to amend Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture, so as to transfer the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation to the Department of Agriculture; to provide for a director; to provide for assumption of business and responsibilities of the Centers of Innovation Agribusiness and collaboration with other entities; to provide for the Georgia Rural Development Council; to provide for duties and satellite offices; to provide for funds; to provide for reporting and approval of strategic plans; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 495	Georgia HB 495 (2025_26)	bill	AGRICULTURE EDUCATION	enacted	Gerald Greene Jon Burns Leesa Hagan Rick Jasperse Robert Dickey Steven Meeks	4	17	2	2025-02-18	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/36484238-2afc-4aca-b3a1-514c589a3d0f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	53a005dc201e1ce94602f5d8ca45d0c0e3f52ce8234226b75b967405c83c01dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 495 (2025_26) — Education; Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; repeal; provide for Georgia Rural Development Council

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to repeal Chapter 18, relating to the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; to amend Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture, so as to transfer the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation to the Department of Agriculture; to provide for a director; to provide for assumption of business and responsibilities of the Centers of Innovation Agribusiness and collaboration with other entities; to provide for the Georgia Rural Development Council; to provide for duties and satellite offices; to provide for funds; to provide for reporting and approval of strategic plans; 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 495/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 3049/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 44 3087S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 44 3087S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #116 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 167–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #350 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gerald Greene — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Steven Meeks — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-02-18 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2025-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 311 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36484238-2afc-4aca-b3a1-514c589a3d0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).