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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Charter Schools Commission; authorize to establish a nonprofit foundation"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31A of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state charter schools, so as to authorize the State Charter Schools Commission to establish a nonprofit foundation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "SB 156"
+citation: "Georgia SB 156 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Shafer", "Ellis Black", "Fran Millar", "Jesse Stone", "John Wilkinson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Michael Williams"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-23"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/accfaed1-0b43-46b9-91e4-bd761955068a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "6e0256cf79f03b1567ee89cb22ef7bd893b209ffb71efb28f2ff6a9387dbbdce"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 156 (2015_16) — State Charter Schools Commission; authorize to establish a nonprofit foundation
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31A of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state charter schools, so as to authorize the State Charter Schools Commission to establish a nonprofit foundation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 33 5996** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148957.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150587.pdf)
+3. **SB 156/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153965.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **44–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Shafer — primary (person)
+- Ellis Black — primary (person)
+- Fran Millar — primary (person)
+- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
+- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
+- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
+- Michael Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-23** Senate Hopper
+- **2015-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 182 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/accfaed1-0b43-46b9-91e4-bd761955068a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+