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Read. Follow. Verify.Georgia replaces monthly architectural contracting statistics with annual transparency reporting
Last action · February 4, 2026: House Withdrawn, RecommittedSponsors: Mike Cheokas and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 704 shifts state reporting requirements for architectural and engineering firms contracting with Georgia departments from a monthly frequency to an annual schedule, integrating the data into the starting January 1, 2027.
Changes the schedule and transparency framework by which the state auditor tracks architectural and engineering contracts, affecting public reporting timelines for state-level infrastructure and professional service awards.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
architectural and engineering firms
state agencies
Agencies utilizing architectural and engineering services are subject to updated statutory cross-references and annual reporting schedules.
Key Facts
- The state auditor is required to provide annual statistics to the General Assembly regarding architectural and engineering firms doing business with state departments, agencies, authorities, and public corporations.
- Annual statistics must include a listing of firms awarded contracts during the preceding fiscal year, contract award amounts, and metrics on contracts awarded to firms in Georgia and in rural areas.
- Annual statistics must be posted for the preceding fiscal year as soon as practical, but no later than January 1, beginning January 1, 2027.
- Cross-references are updated in Code Sections 42-2-14 and 50-22-7 regarding emergency powers for prison overcrowding and exemptions related to professional services control.
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- The Board of Regents and University System of Georgia remain exempt from the professional services chapter.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- Feb 4, 2026HouseHouse Withdrawn, Recommitted
- Jan 29, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee Favorably Reported
- Apr 4, 2025HouseHouse Withdrawn, Recommitted
- Mar 6, 2025HouseHouse Second Readers
- Mar 6, 2025HouseCommitteeHouse Committee Favorably Reported
- Mar 4, 2025HouseIntroducedHouse First Readers
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- Mar 3, 2025HouseIntroducedHouse Hopper
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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