republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-132.md

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Bill	"Quality Basic Education Act"; program for high school students to attend postsecondary institutions; provisions; 'Move on When Ready Act'	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to revise provisions relating to the program for high school students to attend postsecondary institutions; to provide for a short title; to provide a program for eligible students to take dual credit courses; to repeal a statute relating to dual credit courses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 132	Georgia SB 132 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Bruce Thompson Charlie Bethel Curt Thompson David Lucas David Shafer Dean Burke Donzella James Ed Harbison Elena Parent Emanuel Jones Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Greg Kirk Horacena Tate Hunter Hill Jack Hill Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy Joshua McKoon Judson Hill Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Michael 'Doc' Rhett Michael Williams Mike Crane Mike Dugan P. K. Martin IV Rick Jeffares Ronald Ramsey, Sr. Tommie Williams Tyler Harper Valencia Seay William Ligon, Jr.	5	16	1	2015-02-18	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ee0dc1e1-b63c-460e-b532-20c7bf62abd8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e44965684910d0d49f1826328b5c979e2be8f2f05556dab42382e22336a192bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 132 (2015_16) — "Quality Basic Education Act"; program for high school students to attend postsecondary institutions; provisions; 'Move on When Ready Act'

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to revise provisions relating to the program for high school students to attend postsecondary institutions; to provide for a short title; to provide a program for eligible students to take dual credit courses; to repeal a statute relating to dual credit courses; 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 33 5905-EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6201-ECS/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 132/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Curt Thompson — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Horacena Tate — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Crane — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-18 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-09 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-09 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-08 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-04-30 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-04-30 Act 34 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee0dc1e1-b63c-460e-b532-20c7bf62abd8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).