GA SB 126
died on adjournmentCompletion Special Schools Act; certain students to be enrolled; lower the age of eligibility from 18 to 16
Georgia · 2025_26 · upper
Quick answers
Did GA SB 126 pass?
No. GA SB 126 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-03-10): House Second Readers
What is GA SB 126 about?
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.
Who sponsors GA SB 126?
Clint Dixon, Billy Hickman, Greg Dolezal and 4 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 126.
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
- 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
2025-02-06
Senate Hopper
introduction
2025-02-10
Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee
2025-02-19
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-20
Senate Read Second Time
reading-2
2025-03-04
Senate Third Read
reading-3
2025-03-04
Senate Passed/Adopted
passage
2025-03-06
House First Readers
reading-1
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.
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