GA SB 595
died on adjournmentState 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
2026-02-25
Senate Hopper
introduction
2026-02-26
Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee
Versions
- As introduced LC 65 0075Compare
Documents
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:19:40.450420Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=GA&identifier=SB 595. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.