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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education; military students enroll in public school based on official military orders prior to physically establishing residency; allow"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-150 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility for enrollment in elementary and secondary educational programs, so as to allow military students to enroll in a public school based on official military orders prior to physically establishing residency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 59"
+citation: "Georgia HB 59 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Brian Prince", "Dave Belton", "David Clark", "Heath Clark", "Mike Glanton"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-28"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea35f714-7f46-4464-9b26-2553091b1ffc"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "7c2cfa60eec53c4cba19a08a1f5b4411dfaaa73fc72fb478c0ce6cd7c0224d00"
+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 HB 59 (2019_20) — Education; military students enroll in public school based on official military orders prior to physically establishing residency; allow
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-150 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility for enrollment in elementary and secondary educational programs, so as to allow military students to enroll in a public school based on official military orders prior to physically establishing residency; 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. **HB 59/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187553.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 7557/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179843.pdf)
+3. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 7967S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185039.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Brian Prince — primary (person)
+- Dave Belton — primary (person)
+- David Clark — primary (person)
+- Heath Clark — primary (person)
+- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-28** House Hopper
+- **2019-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-23** Act 38 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea35f714-7f46-4464-9b26-2553091b1ffc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+