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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Georgia Foundation for Public Education; a nonprofit corporation created by the foundation to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; authorize"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 and Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to authorize a nonprofit corporation incorporated by the Georgia Foundation for Public Education to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for the expiration of the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation's authority to promote public-private partnerships and to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for grant criteria; to provide for the dissolution of the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; to revise definitions; to provide for an income tax credit for qualified education donations; 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 66"
+citation: "Georgia SB 66 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Brian Strickland", "Bruce Thompson", "Chuck Payne", "Elena Parent", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "Larry Walker, III", "Marty Harbin", "Randy Robertson", "Sonya Halpern"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-01"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66cae329-30eb-4652-b717-108f98530ea3"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "429d89e9805d6146e184ae6274ee25ea7c255e364eb17a877cf8dbcd6ea8d58d"
+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 66 (2021_22) — Georgia Foundation for Public Education; a nonprofit corporation created by the foundation to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; authorize
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 and Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to authorize a nonprofit corporation incorporated by the Georgia Foundation for Public Education to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for the expiration of the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation's authority to promote public-private partnerships and to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for grant criteria; to provide for the dissolution of the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; to revise definitions; to provide for an income tax credit for qualified education donations; 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 49 0358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196498.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199531.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 49 0423S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198416.pdf)
+4. **SB 66/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200890.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON RULES CALENDAR — **33–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
+- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
+- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
+- Elena Parent — primary (person)
+- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
+- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
+- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
+- Sonya Halpern — 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`
+- **2021-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-24** 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`
+- **2021-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Act 157 `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/66cae329-30eb-4652-b717-108f98530ea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+