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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025\"; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the \"Charter Schools Act of 1998,\" so as to enact the \"Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025\"; to provide for local boards of education to reconsider the denial of local charter school petitions; to require the Office of Charter School Compliance to prepare guidelines for local boards of education for the evaluation of charter school petitions; to revise reporting; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "SB 82"
+citation: "Georgia SB 82 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Jason Anavitarte", "Matt Brass", "Shawn Still", "Steve Gooch"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26bc62aa-283a-4405-a33a-a625b068e54e"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4099be49a16eb5948d0fd87f38510cf9ce45a9f25b921df5e661d1dbaf4e0580"
+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 82 (2025_26) — "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," so as to enact the "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; to provide for local boards of education to reconsider the denial of local charter school petitions; to require the Office of Charter School Compliance to prepare guidelines for local boards of education for the evaluation of charter school petitions; to revise reporting; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings and intent; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235565.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 49 2153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231019.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 49 9003S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234794.pdf)
+4. **LC 49 2367S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236857.pdf)
+5. **SB 82/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239453.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #194 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–9** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #479 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–10** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #352 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **107–62** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
+- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
+- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
+- Matt Brass — primary (person)
+- Shawn Still — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-28** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-28** Act 15 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-28** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26bc62aa-283a-4405-a33a-a625b068e54e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+