---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; care of students being treated for epilepsy or a seizure disorder; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health of students in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the care of students being treated for epilepsy or a seizure disorder; 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: "SB 45"
citation: "Georgia SB 45 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Clint Dixon", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jason Esteves", "John Albers", "Shawn Still"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b858b3a-59cf-4cdd-9c13-deae7f17414d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fd0a300798ae59056d346c4239c2c5921f1e195c8fd0f75ed0ff3e0a6ca486c4"
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 45 (2023_24) — Education; care of students being treated for epilepsy or a seizure disorder; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health of students in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the care of students being treated for epilepsy or a seizure disorder; 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 49 1066** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213022.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217212.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 49 1359S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215986.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1 AM 49 0082** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216988.pdf)
5. **SB 45/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219221.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #272 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #181 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Act 11 `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/7b858b3a-59cf-4cdd-9c13-deae7f17414d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).