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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Nontraditional Special Schools 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 revise and repeal certain provisions for alternative charter schools; to provide for the continued operation of state chartered special schools until no later than the expiration of each such school's current charter with the State Board of Education; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 87"
+citation: "Georgia HB 87 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Jan Jones", "Matt Dubnik", "Rick Jasperse", "Steven Meeks", "Will Wade"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-26"
+last_action: "2023-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36316ad0-2a43-454e-b0e5-19a44d23fa22"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "7d0f917084f527e254f21f6e9525a217b2322c6748f549dcbe8f12b0aadb6c47"
+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 87 (2023_24) — Nontraditional Special Schools 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 revise and repeal certain provisions for alternative charter schools; to provide for the continued operation of state chartered special schools until no later than the expiration of each such school's current charter with the State Board of Education; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 87/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220456.pdf)
+2. **LC 49 1154/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212869.pdf)
+3. **LC 49 1204S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214850.pdf)
+4. **LC 49 1204S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214322.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 49 1449S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218783.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #278 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #348 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **175–0** (pass) · lower
+- House Vote #40 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
+- Jan Jones — primary (person)
+- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
+- Will Wade — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-26** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2023-02-16** 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`
+- **2023-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-04** Act 342 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-04** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36316ad0-2a43-454e-b0e5-19a44d23fa22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+