# Georgia HB 845: Cherokee County; Board of Education; require an internal audit function and establish position of internal auditor

Georgia HB 845, Cherokee County; Board of Education; require an internal audit function and establish position of internal auditor, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Mandi Ballinger (Republican), Charlice Byrd (Republican), Jan Jones (Republican) and 3 others; status signed, last action 2025-05-14 (House Date Signed by Governor) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia HB 845
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Cherokee County; Board of Education; require an internal audit function and establish position of internal auditor
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-25
- Last action: 2025-05-14, House Date Signed by Governor
- Sponsors: Mandi Ballinger (Republican), Charlice Byrd (Republican), Jan Jones (Republican), Jordan Ridley (Republican), Mitchell Scoggins (Republican), Brad Thomas (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Intragovernmental Coordination, State and Local Governmental Operations, Local Bill
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (216 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Cherokee County schools require internal audits: mixed, low. The law requires the Cherokee County school board to maintain an internal audit function, paid for with local school funds. The board appoints the auditor from candidates nominated by state legislators representing all or part of the school district. The auditor must be a Certified Internal Auditor…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mandi Ballinger (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Charlice Byrd (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jan Jones (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jordan Ridley (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Mitchell Scoggins (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Brad Thomas (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR | pass | 51 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-03-31 | House | Local Calendar Without HBs 851 & 852 | pass | 165 | 0 | 10 |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-05-14: House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-05-14: Act 346
- 2025-05-14: Effective Date
- 2025-04-08: House Sent to Governor (House)
- 2025-04-02: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-03-31: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-31: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-31: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-03-25: House Hopper (House)
- 2025-03-25: House First Readers (House)

## Bill text

- HB 845/AP* (v4): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238659)

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- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
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## Sources
- [HB 845/AP* (v4) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238659)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB845-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).