Georgia Senate Bill 515

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 6 2026 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-03-31 - House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 9 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grants for educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to revise and streamline provisions relative to the teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program; to provide for definitions; to amend Code Section 48-7-29.23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax credits for teachers in the teacher recruitment and retention program, so as to provide for tax credit amounts; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

"Quality Basic Education Act"; grants for educational programs; provisions relative to the teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program; revise

Sen. Billy Hickman [R]	Sen. Chuck Payne [R]	Sen. Bo Hatchett [R]	Sen. Elena Parent [D]
Sen. Clint Dixon [R]	Rep. Carmen Rice [R]

2026-03-31 - House - Passage: House Vote #794 (Y: 158 N: 9 NV: 2 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2026-03-06 - Senate - Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #670 (Y: 49 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-03-06 - Senate - Motion To Engross: Sb 423, Sb 515, Sb 566, Sb 568, Sb 573, Sr 838: Senate Vote #640 (Y: 32 N: 22 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-31	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-31	House	House Third Readers
2026-03-25	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2026-03-10	House	House Second Readers
2026-03-09	House	House First Readers
2026-03-06	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-06	Senate	Senate Third Read
2026-03-06	Senate	Senate Taken from Table
2026-03-06	Senate	Senate Tabled
2026-03-06	Senate	Senate Engrossed
2026-03-04	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2026-03-03	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-02-18	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2026-02-17	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73243
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/242722
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/244557
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/245418
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/248208
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73243#26105
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73243#26135
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73243#26441