---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Georgia Early Literacy Act\"; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-153.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the \"Georgia Early Literacy Act,\" so as to prohibit the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; to prohibit public schools from employing the three-cueing system or visual memory as a basis for teaching word reading; to provide for criteria for core curricula for state approved educator preparation programs; to provide for and revise definitions; 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 93"
citation: "Georgia SB 93 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Clint Dixon", "Derek Mallow", "Elena Parent", "Greg Dolezal", "Harold Jones II", "Jason Esteves", "Kim Jackson", "RaShaun Kemp", "Sonya Halpern"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c35105a8-1bb6-4be3-8060-8924e1e0e3d4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5c86f2b4656c6017f57d506cb23c2222a82ae661c0508cc7383221a1262d04d3"
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 93 (2025_26) — "Georgia Early Literacy Act"; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-153.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Early Literacy Act," so as to prohibit the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; to prohibit public schools from employing the three-cueing system or visual memory as a basis for teaching word reading; to provide for criteria for core curricula for state approved educator preparation programs; to provide for and revise definitions; 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/20252026/235635.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 49 2164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231236.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 49 2323S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234796.pdf)
4. **LC 49 2358S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238160.pdf)
5. **SB 93/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239117.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #207 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–3** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #346 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #417 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- Derek Mallow — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
- RaShaun Kemp — primary (person)
- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Tabled
- **2025-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Act 27 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c35105a8-1bb6-4be3-8060-8924e1e0e3d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).