---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; date by which a child must reach a certain age in order to be eligible for enrollment in certain educational programs; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to change provisions relating to the date by which a child must reach a certain age in order to be eligible for enrollment in certain educational programs; 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: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 100"
citation: "Georgia HB 100 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks Coleman", "Gerald Greene", "James Epps", "Terry England", "Tom Dickson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-27"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5712fe22-3a3b-4e32-aad9-5675a0ae50f1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "12606b9d118fd7de0c95cd5228736b9ab12476094e232da290e9168bdd7b0e4c"
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 100 (2015_16) — Education; date by which a child must reach a certain age in order to be eligible for enrollment in certain educational programs; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to change provisions relating to the date by which a child must reach a certain age in order to be eligible for enrollment in certain educational programs; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 33 1655** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161419.pdf)
2. **HB 100/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162393.pdf)
3. **LC 33 5811/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145919.pdf)
4. **LC 33 5913S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148514.pdf)
5. **LC 33 5913S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147835.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6627S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160471.pdf)

## Votes

- MORNING ROLL CALL — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
- Tom Dickson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-01-27** House Hopper
- **2015-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 614 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5712fe22-3a3b-4e32-aad9-5675a0ae50f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).