Bill Commons

GA SB 126

died on adjournment

Completion Special Schools Act; certain students to be enrolled; lower the age of eligibility from 18 to 16

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-2096.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to the "Completion Special Schools Act," so as to lower the age of eligibility from 18 to 16 for certain students to be enrolled in a completion special school; to revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-02-06
Status date
—
Latest action
2025-03-10 — House Second Readers
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Clint Dixonprimary
  • Billy Hickmanprimary
  • Greg Dolezalprimary
  • Jason Anavitarteprimary
  • Chuck Payneprimary
  • Chuck Hufstetlerprimary
  • Elena Parentprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-06

    Senate Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-10

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-19

    Senate Committee Favorably Reported

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2025-02-20

    Senate Read Second Time

    reading-2

  5. 2025-03-04

    Senate Third Read

    reading-3

  6. 2025-03-04

    Senate Passed/Adopted

    passage

  7. 2025-03-06

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  8. 2025-03-10

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Vote #154 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2025-03-04 · pass · 50-1

    Member-level votes (54)
    • KENNEDY: yes
    • KIRKPATRICK: yes
    • LUCAS: other
    • MALLOW: other
    • MANGHAM: other
    • MCLAURIN: yes
    • MERRITT: yes
    • MOORE: yes
    • ORROCK: other
    • PARENT: yes
    • PARKES: yes
    • PAYNE: yes
    • RAHMAN: yes
    • RHETT: yes
    • ROBERTSON: yes
    • SETZLER: yes
    • SIMS: no
    • STILL: yes
    • STRICKLAND: yes
    • SUMMERS: yes
    • TILLERY: yes
    • WALKER, III: yes
    • WATSON: yes
    • WICKS: yes
    • WILLIAMS: yes
    • ALBERS: yes
    • ANAVITARTE: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • BEACH: yes
    • BEARDEN: yes
    • BRASS: yes
    • BURNS: yes
    • COWSERT: yes
    • DAVENPORT: yes
    • DIXON: yes
    • DOLEZAL: yes
    • ECHOLS: yes
    • ESTEVES: yes
    • GINN: yes
    • GOOCH: yes
    • GOODMAN: yes
    • HALPERN: yes
    • HARBIN: yes
    • HARBISON: yes
    • HARRELL: other
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HICKMAN: yes
    • HODGES: yes
    • HUFSTETLER: yes
    • JACKSON: yes
    • JAMES: yes
    • JONES: yes
    • JONES II: yes
    • KEMP: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70080

Attribution

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