Bill Commons

GA SB 475

withdrawn

Charter School Funding; local boards of education to treat local charter schools no less favorably than other local schools; expenditure of the proceeds of a special purpose local option sales tax; require

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Quick answers

Did GA SB 475 pass?

No. GA SB 475 was withdrawn on 2026-04-02 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2026-04-02): House Withdrawn, Recommitted

What is GA SB 475 about?

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-2068.1, relating to charter school funding, so as to require local boards of education to treat local charter schools no less favorably than other local schools with respect to the expenditure of the proceeds of a special purpose local option sales tax for education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA SB 475?

RaShaun Kemp, Clint Dixon, Chuck Payne and 6 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 475.

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-2068.1, relating to charter school funding, so as to require local boards of education to treat local charter schools no less favorably than other local schools with respect to the expenditure of the proceeds of a special purpose local option sales tax for education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2026-02-06
Latest action
2026-04-02 — House Withdrawn, Recommitted
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • RaShaun Kempprimary
  • Clint Dixonprimary
  • Chuck Payneprimary
  • Sonya Halpernprimary
  • Jaha Howardprimary
  • Ed Harbisonprimary
  • Emanuel Jonesprimary
  • Michael 'Doc' Rhettprimary
  • Chuck Hufstetlerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-06

    Senate Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2026-02-09

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-25

    Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2026-02-26

    Senate Read Second Time

    reading-2

  5. 2026-03-06

    Senate Tabled

  6. 2026-03-06

    Senate Taken from Table

  7. 2026-03-06

    Senate Third Read

    reading-3

  8. 2026-03-06

    Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute

    passage

  9. 2026-03-09

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  10. 2026-03-10

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

  11. 2026-03-25

    House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2026-03-25

    House Withdrawn, Recommitted

    referral-committee,withdrawal

  13. 2026-04-02

    House Withdrawn, Recommitted

    referral-committee,withdrawal

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Vote #685 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2026-03-06 · pass · 43-6

    Member-level votes (53)
    • ALBERS: yes
    • ANAVITARTE: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • BEARDEN: no
    • BRASS: no
    • BURNS: yes
    • COWSERT: yes
    • DAVENPORT: other
    • DICKERSON: yes
    • DIXON: no
    • DOLEZAL: yes
    • ECHOLS: yes
    • GINN: yes
    • GOOCH: no
    • GOODMAN: no
    • HALPERN: yes
    • HARBIN: yes
    • HARBISON: yes
    • HARRELL: yes
    • HATCHETT: other
    • HICKMAN: yes
    • HODGES: yes
    • HOWARD: yes
    • HUFSTETLER: yes
    • JACKSON: yes
    • JAMES: yes
    • JONES: yes
    • JONES II: yes
    • KEMP: yes
    • KIRKPATRICK: yes
    • LUCAS: yes
    • MALLOW: yes
    • MANGHAM: other
    • MCLAURIN: yes
    • MCNEEL: yes
    • MERRITT: other
    • ORROCK: yes
    • PARENT: yes
    • PARKES: other
    • 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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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