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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Competencies and Core Curriculum; computer science in middle school and high school; require"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum, so as to require courses in computer science in middle school and high school; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for a phase-in of such requirement; to provide for courses through the Georgia Virtual School; to provide for grants for professional development programs for teachers providing instruction in computer science courses and content; to provide for annual reporting; 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: "SB 108"
+citation: "Georgia SB 108 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "P. K. Martin IV"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-14"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1773b371-fa47-4905-bbb5-e76a373c372e"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "9b9e92a105d1be45bbfa0e5fdb4c5b2394be6f8d95f2ce5e6abdce97cb94e9d6"
+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 108 (2019_20) — Competencies and Core Curriculum; computer science in middle school and high school; require
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum, so as to require courses in computer science in middle school and high school; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for a phase-in of such requirement; to provide for courses through the Georgia Virtual School; to provide for grants for professional development programs for teachers providing instruction in computer science courses and content; to provide for annual reporting; 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 7707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181447.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183969.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 46 0130S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183528.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 8002S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186366.pdf)
+5. **SB108/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186983.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-14** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-02** Act 135 `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/1773b371-fa47-4905-bbb5-e76a373c372e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+