---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public school property and facilities, so as to provide for an outdoor learning spaces pilot program; to provide for a pilot program evaluation and report; 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 148"
citation: "Georgia SB 148 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Sheikh Rahman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2026-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d2ed3a0-be43-4dd5-aa18-0daac5d5c83c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0d891b390ed51cfda70ff6f909ff0daeab69547a900e18657a28834fa317481e"
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 148 (2025_26) — Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public school property and facilities, so as to provide for an outdoor learning spaces pilot program; to provide for a pilot program evaluation and report; 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/20252026/235631.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 49 2110** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232185.pdf)
3. **Committee Sub LC 49 2315S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234554.pdf)
4. **LC 33 9823S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237326.pdf)
5. **LC 61 0264S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239236.pdf)
6. **SB148/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240684.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #503 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #205 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #445 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** 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`
- **2025-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-01-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Act 398 `executive-signature`
- **2026-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d2ed3a0-be43-4dd5-aa18-0daac5d5c83c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).