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type: "Bill"
title: "County Board of Education of DeKalb County; board members shall only be elected by electors of the DeKalb County school district; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish in DeKalb County, Georgia, districts from which the members of the County Board of Education of DeKalb County shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 14, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4192), and an Act approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4256), so as to provide that such board members shall only be elected by electors of the DeKalb County school district; to revise provisions related to changes in boundaries of the DeKalb County school district following certain annexations; 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: "SB 332"
citation: "Georgia SB 332 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donzella James", "Emanuel Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52b6e274-b221-46c4-a98b-9ed4abc4eab7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6b2cd6ac3733a65fdbb5f86db1f885a8c26f6c5e62055b9d57782357085a2864"
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 SB 332 (2025_26) — County Board of Education of DeKalb County; board members shall only be elected by electors of the DeKalb County school district; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish in DeKalb County, Georgia, districts from which the members of the County Board of Education of DeKalb County shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 14, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4192), and an Act approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4256), so as to provide that such board members shall only be elected by electors of the DeKalb County school district; to revise provisions related to changes in boundaries of the DeKalb County school district following certain annexations; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237106.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 47 3581** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235996.pdf)
3. **Committee Sub LC 47 3630S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237025.pdf)
4. **SB 332 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235997.pdf)
5. **SB 332/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239553.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #434 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **112–59** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #277 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Donzella James — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-12** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 249 `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/52b6e274-b221-46c4-a98b-9ed4abc4eab7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).