GA SB 475
withdrawnCharter 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No. GA SB 475 was withdrawn on 2026-04-02 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2026-04-02): House Withdrawn, Recommitted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- 2026-04-02 — House Withdrawn, Recommitted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
2026-02-06
Senate Hopper
introduction
2026-02-09
Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee
2026-02-25
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-26
Senate Read Second Time
reading-2
2026-03-06
Senate Tabled
2026-03-06
Senate Taken from Table
2026-03-06
Senate Third Read
reading-3
2026-03-06
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage
2026-03-09
House First Readers
reading-1
2026-03-10
House Second Readers
reading-2
2026-03-25
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-25
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
referral-committee,withdrawal
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House Withdrawn, Recommitted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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