---
type: "Bill"
title: "Competencies and Core Curriculum; computer science in middle school and high school; require"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum, so as to require courses in computer science in middle school and high school; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for a phase-in of such requirement; to provide for courses through the Georgia Virtual School; to provide for grants for professional development programs for teachers providing instruction in computer science courses and content; to provide for annual reporting; 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: "SB 108"
citation: "Georgia SB 108 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "P. K. Martin IV"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1773b371-fa47-4905-bbb5-e76a373c372e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9b9e92a105d1be45bbfa0e5fdb4c5b2394be6f8d95f2ce5e6abdce97cb94e9d6"
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 108 (2019_20) — Competencies and Core Curriculum; computer science in middle school and high school; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum, so as to require courses in computer science in middle school and high school; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for a phase-in of such requirement; to provide for courses through the Georgia Virtual School; to provide for grants for professional development programs for teachers providing instruction in computer science courses and content; to provide for annual reporting; 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 introduced LC 33 7707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181447.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183969.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 46 0130S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183528.pdf)
4. **LC 33 8002S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186366.pdf)
5. **SB108/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186983.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Act 135 `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/1773b371-fa47-4905-bbb5-e76a373c372e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).