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GA SB 595

died on adjournment

State Board of Education; establish a student personal development and career readiness program; authorize

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Quick answers

Did GA SB 595 pass?

No. GA SB 595 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 (2026-02-26): Senate Read and Referred

What is GA SB 595 about?

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to authorize the State Board of Education to establish a student personal development and career readiness program; to provide for the selection of third-party providers to administer the program; to provide requirements for approved program providers; to provide for disbursement of funds to approved program providers; to provide for reporting; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA SB 595?

Donzella James, Michael 'Doc' Rhett, Jaha Howard and 10 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 595.

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to authorize the State Board of Education to establish a student personal development and career readiness program; to provide for the selection of third-party providers to administer the program; to provide requirements for approved program providers; to provide for disbursement of funds to approved program providers; to provide for reporting; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2026-02-25
Latest action
2026-02-26 — Senate Read and Referred
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Donzella Jamesprimary
  • Michael 'Doc' Rhettprimary
  • Jaha Howardprimary
  • Randal Manghamprimary
  • RaShaun Kempprimary
  • Kim Jacksonprimary
  • Tonya Andersonprimary
  • Elena Parentprimary
  • Kenya Wicksprimary
  • Gail Davenportprimary
  • Sally Harrellprimary
  • Sonya Halpernprimary
  • Nan Orrockprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-25

    Senate Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2026-02-26

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

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