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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education; enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; require"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-670 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosures and information required for permanent enrollment in a grade higher than third, provisional enrollment, and transfer of education records, so as to require the enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; to provide for reporting noncompliance and for corrective action plans; to revise provisions relative to provisional enrollment; 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: "SB 431"
+citation: "Georgia SB 431 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Chuck Payne", "Elena Parent", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Steve Gooch"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-28"
+last_action: "2026-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22469bbb-701e-4ca6-aacf-5add1b1e67a1"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "cedf28f0662b026015f94ef92cba54ea630fc930e9cb54f0d056d22ccf543a0e"
+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 SB 431 (2025_26) — Education; enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; require
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-670 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosures and information required for permanent enrollment in a grade higher than third, provisional enrollment, and transfer of education records, so as to require the enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; to provide for reporting noncompliance and for corrective action plans; to revise provisions relative to provisional enrollment; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241819.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 49 2569** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240539.pdf)
+3. **LC 49 2837S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247290.pdf)
+4. **SB 431/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249184.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #944 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #825 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #525 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
+- Elena Parent — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-28** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Act 494 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22469bbb-701e-4ca6-aacf-5add1b1e67a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+