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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elementary and Secondary Education; provision relating to student transportation; revise"
+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 revise a provision relating to student transportation; to authorize local boards of education to use vehicles other than school buses for the transport of students to and from school related activities; to provide for minimum requirements; to provide for insurance; 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: "SB 159"
+citation: "Georgia SB 159 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Dean Burke", "Frank Ginn", "Steve Gooch"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-11"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1fc7ed4-a646-4d4a-a126-7ff34b0fdc90"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0baaab474b584f30ea47f5d8464efe947c6b4a6904489f936ef6f1560243fb0f"
+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 159 (2021_22) — Elementary and Secondary Education; provision relating to student transportation; revise
+
+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 revise a provision relating to student transportation; to authorize local boards of education to use vehicles other than school buses for the transport of students to and from school related activities; to provide for minimum requirements; to provide for insurance; 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 39 2874** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197479.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198799.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 39 2935S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198415.pdf)
+4. **LC 39 3002S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200360.pdf)
+5. **LC 39 3037S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200595.pdf)
+6. **SB 159/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201202.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
+- Dean Burke — primary (person)
+- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-11** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-16** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-23** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Act 155 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1fc7ed4-a646-4d4a-a126-7ff34b0fdc90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+