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type: "Bill"
title: "Atlanta Board of Education; residency limitations on qualifications for employment of the executive assistant to the board, chief financial officer, and internal auditor; remove"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to continue the existence of the Atlanta Independent School System under the management and control of the Atlanta Board of Education, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4154), as amended, so as to remove residency limitations on qualifications for employment of the executive assistant to the board, chief financial officer, and internal auditor; to revise provisions related to the selection, removal, and supervision of the executive assistant to the board and the internal auditor; 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 601"
citation: "Georgia SB 601 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elena Parent", "Jaha Howard", "Josh McLaurin", "Nan Orrock", "RaShaun Kemp", "Sally Harrell", "Sonya Halpern"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-25"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7dd394d-d393-4c23-b994-482eb7d47a7d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2e10bd1a9d41eb8893e793f3da94bd8e3e2ee8aaea254afe9677595e96bc0bac"
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 601 (2025_26) — Atlanta Board of Education; residency limitations on qualifications for employment of the executive assistant to the board, chief financial officer, and internal auditor; remove
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to continue the existence of the Atlanta Independent School System under the management and control of the Atlanta Board of Education, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4154), as amended, so as to remove residency limitations on qualifications for employment of the executive assistant to the board, chief financial officer, and internal auditor; to revise provisions related to the selection, removal, and supervision of the executive assistant to the board and the internal auditor; 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/20252026/245228.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 47 3943** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244217.pdf)
3. **SB 601 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244243.pdf)
4. **SB 601/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249089.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #857 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **94–75** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #639 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Jaha Howard — primary (person)
- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
- RaShaun Kemp — primary (person)
- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-25** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 700 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7dd394d-d393-4c23-b994-482eb7d47a7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).