---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025\"; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the \"Charter Schools Act of 1998,\" so as to enact the \"Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025\"; to provide for local boards of education to reconsider the denial of local charter school petitions; to require the Office of Charter School Compliance to prepare guidelines for local boards of education for the evaluation of charter school petitions; to revise reporting; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 82"
citation: "Georgia SB 82 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Jason Anavitarte", "Matt Brass", "Shawn Still", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26bc62aa-283a-4405-a33a-a625b068e54e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4099be49a16eb5948d0fd87f38510cf9ce45a9f25b921df5e661d1dbaf4e0580"
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 82 (2025_26) — "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," so as to enact the "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; to provide for local boards of education to reconsider the denial of local charter school petitions; to require the Office of Charter School Compliance to prepare guidelines for local boards of education for the evaluation of charter school petitions; to revise reporting; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for an effective date; 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/20252026/235565.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 49 2153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231019.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 49 9003S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234794.pdf)
4. **LC 49 2367S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236857.pdf)
5. **SB 82/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239453.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #194 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–9** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #479 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–10** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #352 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **107–62** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-04** 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 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`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-28** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Act 15 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26bc62aa-283a-4405-a33a-a625b068e54e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).