---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nontraditional Special Schools Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to revise and repeal certain provisions for alternative charter schools; to provide for the continued operation of state chartered special schools until no later than the expiration of each such school's current charter with the State Board of Education; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 87"
citation: "Georgia HB 87 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Jan Jones", "Matt Dubnik", "Rick Jasperse", "Steven Meeks", "Will Wade"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36316ad0-2a43-454e-b0e5-19a44d23fa22"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7d0f917084f527e254f21f6e9525a217b2322c6748f549dcbe8f12b0aadb6c47"
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 87 (2023_24) — Nontraditional Special Schools Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to revise and repeal certain provisions for alternative charter schools; to provide for the continued operation of state chartered special schools until no later than the expiration of each such school's current charter with the State Board of Education; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; 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 87/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220456.pdf)
2. **LC 49 1154/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212869.pdf)
3. **LC 49 1204S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214850.pdf)
4. **LC 49 1204S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214322.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 49 1449S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218783.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #278 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #348 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **175–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #40 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
- Will Wade — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Act 342 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36316ad0-2a43-454e-b0e5-19a44d23fa22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).