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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education; water safety education information to parents of students under 18 years of age and to students 18 years of age and older; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health of elementary and secondary school students, so as to require public schools and local school systems to provide water safety education information upon initial enrollment to parents and guardians of students under 18 years of age and directly to student 18 years of age and older; to provide for a definition; 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 402"
+citation: "Georgia HB 402 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "Chris Erwin", "Demetrius Douglas", "Matt Dubnik", "Scott Hilton", "Todd Jones"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-02-14"
+last_action: "2023-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf682578-2d05-407c-8a51-0f21d82c7a0f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4d790b89be620759e2d5a17da788566f4462ad17a76a35fcad42e8eacc37931c"
+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 402 (2023_24) — Education; water safety education information to parents of students under 18 years of age and to students 18 years of age and older; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health of elementary and secondary school students, so as to require public schools and local school systems to provide water safety education information upon initial enrollment to parents and guardians of students under 18 years of age and directly to student 18 years of age and older; to provide for a definition; 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 402/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217863.pdf)
+2. **LC 49 1290/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214632.pdf)
+3. **LC 49 1355S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216551.pdf)
+4. **LC 49 1355S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215778.pdf)
+5. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217852.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #223 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **14–41** (fail) · upper
+- House Vote #119 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **159–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #224 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
+- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
+- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
+- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
+- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
+- Todd Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-14** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-04** Act 343 `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/cf682578-2d05-407c-8a51-0f21d82c7a0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+