---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Education; authorize the Georgia Foundation for Public Education to establish a nonprofit corporation to qualify as a public foundation; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Board of Education, so as to authorize the Georgia Foundation for Public Education to establish a nonprofit corporation to qualify as a public foundation; to provide for conditions; to provide for an annual report; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 130"
citation: "Georgia HB 130 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mike Glanton", "Randy Nix", "Rick Jasperse", "Robert Dickey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9ad87ce-0cb8-4e22-9637-c0bca08527e3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c0ed040bf4fb5eeb97975f8c046a8461f5fdb3f0e1b182faa58dddb1cb0c6b5d"
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 130 (2019_20) — State Board of Education; authorize the Georgia Foundation for Public Education to establish a nonprofit corporation to qualify as a public foundation; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Board of Education, so as to authorize the Georgia Foundation for Public Education to establish a nonprofit corporation to qualify as a public foundation; to provide for conditions; to provide for an annual report; to provide for a definition; 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 130/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186283.pdf)
2. **LC 33 7509/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180277.pdf)
3. **LC 33 7702S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182275.pdf)
4. **LC 33 7702S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181561.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **167–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** House Hopper
- **2019-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Act 131 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9ad87ce-0cb8-4e22-9637-c0bca08527e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).