State auditor; local governments to request and receive in certain circumstances due date extensions related to filing annual audits; provide
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Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-81-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to audit of financial affairs and transactions, contents, copy to state auditor, and public inspection, so as to provide for local governments to request and receive in certain...” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
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House Hopper · Feb 4, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 5, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 6, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 27, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 4, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 27, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 27, 2025
Senate Tabled · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Recommitted · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 2, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 10, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 10, 2026
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Mar 16, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 6, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 11, 2026
Act 437 · May 11, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
Agree to Senate SubstituteHouse · 2026-03-16 · yea 151, nay 4, notVoting 9, excused 16
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-10 · yea 48, nay 2, notVoting 3, excused 3
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-04 · yea 162, nay 7, notVoting 8, excused 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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