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type: "Bill"
title: "Muscogee County; School District; revise how vacancies on board of education are filled"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Muscogee County School District, approved February 25, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1086), as amended, so as to revise how vacancies on said board are filled; 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 608"
citation: "Georgia HB 608 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmen Rice", "Carolyn Hugley", "Debbie Buckner", "Tremaine Reese", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1f49451-d889-4f05-860c-c8045aa584e0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a95bf11455a746bb5d5cad7eda72e811981b4de22ae1dc52351bc1b87d83ae5a"
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 608 (2025_26) — Muscogee County; School District; revise how vacancies on board of education are filled
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Muscogee County School District, approved February 25, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1086), as amended, so as to revise how vacancies on said board are filled; 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 608/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236222.pdf)
2. **LC 62 0078/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233646.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233679.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #235 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Carmen Rice — primary (person)
- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Tremaine Reese — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-24** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 155 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1f49451-d889-4f05-860c-c8045aa584e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).