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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; repeal; provide for Georgia Rural Development Council"
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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 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."
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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 495"
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citation: "Georgia HB 495 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "EDUCATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene", "Jon Burns", "Leesa Hagan", "Rick Jasperse", "Robert Dickey", "Steven Meeks"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-18"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36484238-2afc-4aca-b3a1-514c589a3d0f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "53a005dc201e1ce94602f5d8ca45d0c0e3f52ce8234226b75b967405c83c01dd"
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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 495 (2025_26) — Education; Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; repeal; provide for Georgia Rural Development Council
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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 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.
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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 495/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238508.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 3049/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232699.pdf)
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3. **LC 44 3087S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234583.pdf)
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4. **LC 44 3087S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233776.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #116 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #350 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-18** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-19** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 311 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/36484238-2afc-4aca-b3a1-514c589a3d0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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