---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; transition a pilot program for elementary agricultural education to an ongoing program"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to transition a pilot program for elementary agricultural education to an ongoing program; to require schools to employ an agricultural education teacher; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1303"
citation: "Georgia HB 1303 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Clay Pirkle", "Matthew Wilson", "Patty Bentley", "Robert Dickey", "Terry England"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0c178f4-76be-455e-8c22-80b2610f979c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "84bc72e310f61e8d68b78a1160daac76f7c2ed0d315c42ae18a52098d41292e2"
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 1303 (2021_22) — Education; transition a pilot program for elementary agricultural education to an ongoing program

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to transition a pilot program for elementary agricultural education to an ongoing program; to require schools to employ an agricultural education teacher; 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 1303/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211744.pdf)
2. **LC 51 0102/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206043.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 51 0161S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209242.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
- Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** House Hopper
- **2022-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** 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`
- **2022-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-01** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Act 599 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0c178f4-76be-455e-8c22-80b2610f979c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).