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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education; transition a pilot program for elementary agricultural education to an ongoing program"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to transition a pilot program for elementary agricultural education to an ongoing program; to require schools to employ an agricultural education teacher; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1303"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1303 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Clay Pirkle", "Matthew Wilson", "Patty Bentley", "Robert Dickey", "Terry England"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-10"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0c178f4-76be-455e-8c22-80b2610f979c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "84bc72e310f61e8d68b78a1160daac76f7c2ed0d315c42ae18a52098d41292e2"
+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 1303 (2021_22) — Education; transition a pilot program for elementary agricultural education to an ongoing program
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to transition a pilot program for elementary agricultural education to an ongoing program; to require schools to employ an agricultural education teacher; 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 1303/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211744.pdf)
+2. **LC 51 0102/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206043.pdf)
+3. **Sen ctee sub LC 51 0161S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209242.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
+- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
+- Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
+- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-10** House Hopper
+- **2022-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-04-01** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-13** Act 599 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0c178f4-76be-455e-8c22-80b2610f979c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+