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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Georgia Early Literacy Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the \"Georgia Early Literacy Act\"; to require the State Board of Education to approve high-quality instructional materials to be used for teaching students in kindergarten through third grade; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 538"
+citation: "Georgia HB 538 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Becky Evans", "Bethany Ballard", "Carl Gilliard", "Chris Erwin", "Jan Jones", "Will Wade"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-02-22"
+last_action: "2023-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c31cc2e9-bc12-486a-8ef0-f603c571df9b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "84d6fd873ddb52bbfab4f50ad88ff7e0e5e5a2e1a57a6aa904302bc1cfe121f3"
+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 538 (2023_24) — Georgia Early Literacy Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the "Georgia Early Literacy Act"; to require the State Board of Education to approve high-quality instructional materials to be used for teaching students in kindergarten through third grade; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for a short title; 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 538/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220431.pdf)
+2. **LC 49 1342/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215628.pdf)
+3. **LC 49 1410S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217232.pdf)
+4. **LC 49 1410S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216898.pdf)
+5. **SCSFA to HB 538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219681.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 49 1427S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218784.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 49 0107** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219680.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #312 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #208 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **174–0** (pass) · lower
+- House Vote #355 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Becky Evans — primary (person)
+- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
+- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
+- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
+- Jan Jones — primary (person)
+- Will Wade — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-22** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-27** 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`
+- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-13** Act 9 `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/c31cc2e9-bc12-486a-8ef0-f603c571df9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+