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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local Boards of Education; audit findings or findings by the state auditor of financial mismanagement or misconduct; provide for the suspension of members"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, rebating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the suspension of members of local boards of education following certain audit findings or findings by the state auditor of financial mismanagement or misconduct; to provide for a cap on the total amount of advance distributions of state allotted funds that may be made by the State Board of Education to local units of administration; to provide for intervention plans; to provide for the authority of the state auditor relative to such intervention plans; to provide for an effective date; 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: "SB 472"
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citation: "Georgia SB 472 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "MINORS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Blake Tillery", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Larry Walker, III", "Max Burns"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-06"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76889c86-dc90-484f-9c29-1186eafc0df1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "23f4d44f5e27d67a8bb070585061ce1e8a4157c23c58a0fb47d7facd6ef3ee17"
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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 SB 472 (2025_26) — Local Boards of Education; audit findings or findings by the state auditor of financial mismanagement or misconduct; provide for the suspension of members
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, rebating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the suspension of members of local boards of education following certain audit findings or findings by the state auditor of financial mismanagement or misconduct; to provide for a cap on the total amount of advance distributions of state allotted funds that may be made by the State Board of Education to local units of administration; to provide for intervention plans; to provide for the authority of the state auditor relative to such intervention plans; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244379.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 49 2509** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241842.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 49 2704S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243363.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 2813S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247289.pdf)
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5. **SB 472/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248167.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #841 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **29–17** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #594 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **40–8** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #768 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **96–58** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-06** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 722 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** 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/76889c86-dc90-484f-9c29-1186eafc0df1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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