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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education; additional QBE funding for each full-time equivalent student within a local charter school; provide"
+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 provide for additional QBE funding for each full-time equivalent student within a local charter school; to provide for a maximum amount of such funding available to each local charter school; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; to revise a definition; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "SB 59"
+citation: "Georgia SB 59 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Greg Dolezal", "John Albers", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-01"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08d26c6b-ff10-48b9-a383-37eede85a0c9"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "7cd32e69978bc69ba55c08e4abeb26210b58132a7acc0ae9db6f32cef334128c"
+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 59 (2021_22) — Education; additional QBE funding for each full-time equivalent student within a local charter school; provide
+
+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 provide for additional QBE funding for each full-time equivalent student within a local charter school; to provide for a maximum amount of such funding available to each local charter school; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; to revise a definition; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 49 0349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196402.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199513.pdf)
+3. **Committee amend 1 AM 49 0016** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199430.pdf)
+4. **Committee sub LC 49 0410S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198037.pdf)
+5. **Floor amend 1 AM 49 0027** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201768.pdf)
+6. **LC 49 0544S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201277.pdf)
+7. **SB 59/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202381.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON RULES CALENDAR — **33–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-01** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-02-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate 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 158 `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/08d26c6b-ff10-48b9-a383-37eede85a0c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+