---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elementary and Secondary Education; provision relating to student transportation; revise"
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 revise a provision relating to student transportation; to authorize local boards of education to use vehicles other than school buses for the transport of students to and from school related activities; to provide for minimum requirements; to provide for insurance; 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: "SB 159"
citation: "Georgia SB 159 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Dean Burke", "Frank Ginn", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1fc7ed4-a646-4d4a-a126-7ff34b0fdc90"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0baaab474b584f30ea47f5d8464efe947c6b4a6904489f936ef6f1560243fb0f"
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 159 (2021_22) — Elementary and Secondary Education; provision relating to student transportation; revise

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 revise a provision relating to student transportation; to authorize local boards of education to use vehicles other than school buses for the transport of students to and from school related activities; to provide for minimum requirements; to provide for insurance; 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 39 2874** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197479.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198799.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 39 2935S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198415.pdf)
4. **LC 39 3002S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200360.pdf)
5. **LC 39 3037S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200595.pdf)
6. **SB 159/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201202.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-23** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Act 155 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1fc7ed4-a646-4d4a-a126-7ff34b0fdc90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).