republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-133.md

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Bill	Opportunity School District; establishment; provide for definitions; supervision of public elementary and secondary schools that are failing	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Education Coordinating Council, so as to provide for the establishment of the Opportunity School District; to provide for conforming amendments; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness; to provide for automatic repeal under certain conditions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 133	Georgia SB 133 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Bill Heath Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Charlie Bethel Chuck Hufstetler David Shafer Dean Burke Ellis Black Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Greg Kirk Hunter Hill Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Kennedy John Wilkinson Joshua McKoon Judson Hill Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Michael Williams Mike Dugan P. K. Martin IV Renee Unterman Rick Jeffares Ross Tolleson Steve Gooch Tommie Williams William Jackson William Ligon, Jr.	15	17	1	2015-02-18	2017-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2dad729e-4b0f-4ab5-a781-187b43708943	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f613b18a708aab6f390a1356aa964e717e868f1a1242a9937c53a58c83c98e98	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 133 (2015_16) — Opportunity School District; establishment; provide for definitions; supervision of public elementary and secondary schools that are failing

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Education Coordinating Council, so as to provide for the establishment of the Opportunity School District; to provide for conforming amendments; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness; to provide for automatic repeal under certain conditions; 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 LC33 5951-EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 6086S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 33 1519 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 2 AM 33 1528 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor amend 3 AM 33 1525 (committee substitute) — source
7. Floor amend 4 AM 33 1512 (committee substitute) — source
8. Floor amend 5 AM 33 1524 (committee substitute) — source
9. Floor amend 6 AM 33 1523 (committee substitute) — source
10. Floor amend 7 (committee substitute) — source
11. Floor amend 7a (committee substitute) — source
12. Floor amend 8 AM 331511 (committee substitute) — source
13. Floor amend 9 (committee substitute) — source
14. LC 33 6186/hss (committee substitute) — source
15. SB 133/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY SENATOR FROM THE 39TH TO COMMITTEE SUB — 16–38 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Bill Heath — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• William Jackson — 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 By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-05 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-05 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-25 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2015-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-08 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-04-21 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-04-21 Act 24 executive-signature
• 2017-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2dad729e-4b0f-4ab5-a781-187b43708943. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).