---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; require"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-670 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosures and information required for permanent enrollment in a grade higher than third, provisional enrollment, and transfer of education records, so as to require the enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; to provide for reporting noncompliance and for corrective action plans; to revise provisions relative to provisional enrollment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 431"
citation: "Georgia SB 431 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Chuck Payne", "Elena Parent", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22469bbb-701e-4ca6-aacf-5add1b1e67a1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "cedf28f0662b026015f94ef92cba54ea630fc930e9cb54f0d056d22ccf543a0e"
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 431 (2025_26) — Education; enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-670 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosures and information required for permanent enrollment in a grade higher than third, provisional enrollment, and transfer of education records, so as to require the enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; to provide for reporting noncompliance and for corrective action plans; to revise provisions relative to provisional enrollment; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241819.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 49 2569** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240539.pdf)
3. **LC 49 2837S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247290.pdf)
4. **SB 431/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249184.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #944 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #825 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #525 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 494 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22469bbb-701e-4ca6-aacf-5add1b1e67a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).