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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education; daily duty-free planning periods for teachers in grades six through twelve; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of employment in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for daily duty-free planning periods for teachers in grades six through 12; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 340"
+citation: "Georgia HB 340 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "David Wilkerson", "Don Parsons", "Doreen Carter", "Gerald Greene", "John Corbett"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-02-09"
+last_action: "2023-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50f98f7e-f1bc-49ed-87ff-71e76748c32f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "a4fd450d75c65b45b8703a5a33a78b9eda2a1fa511f29c2ce69833ec403bbee4"
+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 340 (2023_24) — Education; daily duty-free planning periods for teachers in grades six through twelve; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of employment in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for daily duty-free planning periods for teachers in grades six through 12; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 43 0256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220383.pdf)
+2. **HB 340/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220436.pdf)
+3. **LC 49 1218/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214223.pdf)
+4. **LC 49 1385S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217230.pdf)
+5. **LC 49 1385S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216733.pdf)
+6. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 49 0122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219598.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 49 0113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219705.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #209 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **173–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #362 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **32–17** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #372 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #363 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #395 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
+- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
+- Don Parsons — primary (person)
+- Doreen Carter — primary (person)
+- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
+- John Corbett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-09** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
+- **2023-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2023-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2023-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-02** Act 256 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50f98f7e-f1bc-49ed-87ff-71e76748c32f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+