Georgia House Bill 91 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Passed on March 30 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-30 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the elementary and secondary education, so as to eliminate the Georgia High School Graduation Test as a requirement for purposes of graduation; to provide procedures for former students who did not pass one or more portions of the Georgia High School Graduation Test to petition to obtain a high school diploma; to provide for notice of such petition option; to provide for changes for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Education; eliminate Georgia High School Graduation Test as a requirement for graduation; provisions

Rep. Brooks Coleman [R]	Rep. Tom Dickson [R]	Rep. Valerie Clark [R]	Rep. Howard Maxwell [R]
Rep. Terry England [R]	Rep. Mike Dudgeon [R]	Sen. Francis Millar [R]

2015-03-25 - Senate - Senate Vote #205 (Y: 50 N: 3 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-02-12 - House - House Vote #32 (Y: 172 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-30		Effective Date
2015-03-30		Act 14
2015-03-30	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2015-03-30	House	House Sent to Governor
2015-03-25	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2015-03-25	Senate	Senate Third Read
2015-03-09	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2015-03-05	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2015-02-17	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2015-02-12	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2015-02-12	House	House Third Readers
2015-02-09	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2015-01-28	House	House Second Readers
2015-01-27	House	House First Readers
2015-01-26	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/42926
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/145780
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/147005
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/147923
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/152497
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/42926#12193
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/42926#12630