---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; daily duty-free planning periods for teachers in grades six through twelve; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of employment in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for daily duty-free planning periods for teachers in grades six through 12; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 340"
citation: "Georgia HB 340 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "David Wilkerson", "Don Parsons", "Doreen Carter", "Gerald Greene", "John Corbett"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50f98f7e-f1bc-49ed-87ff-71e76748c32f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a4fd450d75c65b45b8703a5a33a78b9eda2a1fa511f29c2ce69833ec403bbee4"
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 340 (2023_24) — Education; daily duty-free planning periods for teachers in grades six through twelve; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of employment in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for daily duty-free planning periods for teachers in grades six through 12; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 43 0256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220383.pdf)
2. **HB 340/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220436.pdf)
3. **LC 49 1218/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214223.pdf)
4. **LC 49 1385S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217230.pdf)
5. **LC 49 1385S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216733.pdf)
6. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 49 0122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219598.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 49 0113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219705.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #209 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **173–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #362 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #372 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #363 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #395 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
- Don Parsons — primary (person)
- Doreen Carter — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2023-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Act 256 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50f98f7e-f1bc-49ed-87ff-71e76748c32f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).