---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; prohibit students who participate in 4-H sponsored activities or programs from being counted as absent from school"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to prohibit students who participate in 4-H sponsored activities or programs from being counted as absent from school, subject to certain conditions; to provide for such conditions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a definition; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1292"
citation: "Georgia HB 1292 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Clay Pirkle", "Danny Mathis", "Rick Jasperse", "Terry England"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81ad6801-c4fc-4ab0-8685-75d8fd6005ed"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "47682fdfbe5245503badd5829abf303ca464e62b595ca6bdf5e14b16e8ca65d2"
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 1292 (2021_22) — Education; prohibit students who participate in 4-H sponsored activities or programs from being counted as absent from school

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to prohibit students who participate in 4-H sponsored activities or programs from being counted as absent from school, subject to certain conditions; to provide for such conditions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a definition; 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. **HB 1292/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210640.pdf)
2. **LC 49 0815/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205760.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** House Hopper
- **2022-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 772 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81ad6801-c4fc-4ab0-8685-75d8fd6005ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).