---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Foundation for Public Education; a nonprofit corporation created by the foundation to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 and Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to authorize a nonprofit corporation incorporated by the Georgia Foundation for Public Education to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for the expiration of the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation's authority to promote public-private partnerships and to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for grant criteria; to provide for the dissolution of the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; to revise definitions; to provide for an income tax credit for qualified education donations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 66"
citation: "Georgia SB 66 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Brian Strickland", "Bruce Thompson", "Chuck Payne", "Elena Parent", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "Larry Walker, III", "Marty Harbin", "Randy Robertson", "Sonya Halpern"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66cae329-30eb-4652-b717-108f98530ea3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "429d89e9805d6146e184ae6274ee25ea7c255e364eb17a877cf8dbcd6ea8d58d"
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 66 (2021_22) — Georgia Foundation for Public Education; a nonprofit corporation created by the foundation to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 and Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to authorize a nonprofit corporation incorporated by the Georgia Foundation for Public Education to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for the expiration of the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation's authority to promote public-private partnerships and to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for grant criteria; to provide for the dissolution of the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; to revise definitions; to provide for an income tax credit for qualified education donations; 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 0358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196498.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199531.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 49 0423S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198416.pdf)
4. **SB 66/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200890.pdf)

## Votes

- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON RULES CALENDAR — **33–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-03** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Act 157 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66cae329-30eb-4652-b717-108f98530ea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).