---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elementary and secondary education; update and clarify provisions and repeal obsolete 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 update and clarify provisions in law and to repeal obsolete provisions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 502"
citation: "Georgia HB 502 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks Coleman", "Margaret Kaiser", "Mike Dudgeon", "Randy Nix", "Tom Dickson", "Valerie Clark"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd2f291d-c636-4362-9ff7-3ddd202654a2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "71a003348428c3779778209c4cbdb4919e29046615276d7d56f575d3550b2075"
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 502 (2015_16) — Elementary and secondary education; update and clarify provisions and repeal obsolete 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 update and clarify provisions in law and to repeal obsolete provisions; 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 502/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153815.pdf)
2. **LC 33 6051/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149415.pdf)
3. **LC 33 6109S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150236.pdf)
4. **LC 33 6127S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151002.pdf)
5. **LC 33 6127S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150662.pdf)
6. **SCSFA to HB 502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153176.pdf)
7. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6191S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152478.pdf)
8. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 33 1559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153025.pdf)
9. **Sen fl amend 2 AM 33 1558** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153066.pdf)
10. **Sen floor am 1a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153233.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
- Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)
- Tom Dickson — primary (person)
- Valerie Clark — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** House Hopper
- **2015-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2015-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 241 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd2f291d-c636-4362-9ff7-3ddd202654a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).