# Georgia SB 332: County Board of Education of DeKalb County; board members shall only be elected by electors of the DeKalb County school district; provide

Georgia SB 332, County Board of Education of DeKalb County; board members shall only be elected by electors of the DeKalb County school district; provide, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Donzella James (Democrat), Emanuel Jones (Democrat); status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Senate Date Signed by Governor) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 332
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: County Board of Education of DeKalb County; board members shall only be elected by electors of the DeKalb County school district; provide
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-12
- Last action: 2025-05-13, Senate Date Signed by Governor
- Sponsors: Donzella James (Democrat), Emanuel Jones (Democrat)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Intragovernmental Coordination, State and Local Governmental Operations, Local Bill
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (164 yes, 59 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Limited annexation exception for DeKalb residential parcels: benefit, low. The law exempts qualifying DeKalb annexations from the school district boundary-change rules in Section 3.2. The annexation must be made through a local law passed by the Georgia General Assembly. It must affect just one residential parcel no larger than one acre. No more than four annexations can…
- DeKalb school board voting limited to district: cost, low. Only voters living within the DeKalb County school district can elect successors to board members serving when the law took effect. Those board members finish their existing terms. Their successors take office and serve the terms set by the existing act.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Donzella James (Democrat), Senate
- Sponsor: Emanuel Jones (Democrat), Senate
- Cosponsor: Long Tran (Democrat), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-04 | House | Local Calendar | pass | 112 | 59 | 1 |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR | pass | 52 | 0 | 4 |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-05-13: Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-05-13: Act 249
- 2025-05-13: Effective Date
- 2025-04-10: Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-04-04: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-04-04: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-28: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-03-27: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-03-25: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- SB 332/AP* (v8): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239553)

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- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
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- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [SB 332/AP* (v8) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239553)

## 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-SB332-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).