GA SB 295
died on adjournmentState 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
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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
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-01-12
Senate Recommitted
referral-committee
2025-03-04
Senate Read Second Time
reading-2
2025-03-03
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-28
Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee
2025-02-27
Senate Hopper
introduction
Versions
- As introduced LC 49 2271Compare
Documents
Votes
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Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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