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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Dual Achievement Program, so as to make the Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 217"
+citation: "Georgia HB 217 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "Charles Martin", "Chris Erwin", "Soo Hong", "Will Wade"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5fbc6d5-8895-4f14-9ab9-cfb2ed3b4735"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1925f84ed087ee964cc2390c97e67598d23d3f5910b6e87e449618815e50fe58"
+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 217 (2025_26) — Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Dual Achievement Program, so as to make the Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program; 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 217/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239321.pdf)
+2. **LC 61 0078/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230920.pdf)
+3. **LC 61 0160S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233375.pdf)
+4. **LC 61 0210S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235665.pdf)
+5. **LC 61 0210S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235339.pdf)
+6. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 61 0014** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238061.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #260 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–2** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #323 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–2** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #414 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **143–22** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
+- Charles Martin — primary (person)
+- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
+- Soo Hong — primary (person)
+- Will Wade — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-26** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2025-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-28** Act 18 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5fbc6d5-8895-4f14-9ab9-cfb2ed3b4735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+