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GA SB 295

died on adjournment

State Board of Education; local school systems to maintain and publish a registry of all contracts worth more than $10,000.00; require

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Quick answers

Did GA SB 295 pass?

No. GA SB 295 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-12): Senate Recommitted

What is GA SB 295 about?

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 8 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to State Board of Education under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require local school systems to maintain and publish a registry of all contracts worth more than $10,000.00 involving the use of any state funds; to provide for such information to be included on the contract registry; to require local boards of education to adopt policies; to provide for enforcement; to prohibit waivers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA SB 295?

Jason Anavitarte, Freddie Powell Sims, John Albers and 8 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 295.

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 8 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to State Board of Education under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require local school systems to maintain and publish a registry of all contracts worth more than $10,000.00 involving the use of any state funds; to provide for such information to be included on the contract registry; to require local boards of education to adopt policies; to provide for enforcement; to prohibit waivers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-02-27
Latest action
2026-01-12 — Senate Recommitted
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Jason Anavitarteprimary
  • Freddie Powell Simsprimary
  • John Albersprimary
  • Carden Summersprimary
  • Chuck Hufstetlerprimary
  • Billy Hickmanprimary
  • Bill Cowsertprimary
  • Ben Watsonprimary
  • Larry Walker, IIIprimary
  • Lee Andersonprimary
  • Shawn Stillprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Senate Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-28

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-03-03

    Senate Committee Favorably Reported

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2025-03-04

    Senate Read Second Time

    reading-2

  5. 2026-01-12

    Senate Recommitted

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70933

Attribution

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