Georgia Senate Bill 124

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 9)
Status: Engrossed on March 4 2025 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-03-10 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the State School Superintendent and the Department of Education to take all steps reasonably necessary to implement guidance documents from a federal agency, including, but not limited to, directives related to expanding educational freedom and opportunities for families; to authorize the State Board of Education to adopt rules; to provide for definitions; to make promise scholarship accounts available to all students whose parent is an active duty military service member stationed in Georgia, regardless of the school attendance zone in which such students reside; to provide for continued eligibility; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Education; State School Superintendent and the Department of Education to take all steps reasonably necessary to implement guidance documents from a federal agency; require

Sen. Shawn Still [R]	Sen. Greg Dolezal [R]	Sen. Chuck Payne [R]	Sen. Jason Anavitarte [R]
Sen. John Kennedy [R]	Sen. Billy Hickman [R]	Sen. Timothy Bearden [R]	Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick [R]
Sen. Ed Setzler [R]

2025-03-04 - Senate - Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #144 (Y: 37 N: 16 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-10	House	House Second Readers
2025-03-06	House	House First Readers
2025-03-04	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2025-03-04	Senate	Senate Third Read
2025-03-03	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2025-02-28	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2025-02-10	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2025-02-06	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70078
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/231716
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/234550
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/235168
Amendment	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/235073
Amendment	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/235068
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70078#25038