republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-2.md

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Bill	Education; student who completes certain requirements relating to postsecondary coursework awarded a high school diploma	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that a student who completes certain requirements relating to postsecondary coursework may be awarded a high school diploma; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 2	Georgia SB 2 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Charlie Bethel Chuck Hufstetler David Shafer Ellis Black Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Greg Kirk Hunter Hill Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Wilkinson Joshua McKoon Judson Hill Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Michael Williams Mike Dugan Nan Orrock P. K. Martin IV Renee Unterman Rick Jeffares Ross Tolleson Steve Gooch Tommie Williams Tyler Harper William Jackson William Ligon, Jr.	5	16	1	2015-01-12	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b99c6e1c-aa84-4a7e-a77a-4dc4c75eeab3	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	25b42559a58c6eb9227042cf4e8fc84be42f7b282f4f33067f06295a3aa39f94	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 2 (2015_16) — Education; student who completes certain requirements relating to postsecondary coursework awarded a high school diploma

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that a student who completes certain requirements relating to postsecondary coursework may be awarded a high school diploma; to provide for rules and regulations; 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 5763 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 5850S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amendment - AM 33 1540 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 2/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — 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)
• 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 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)
• Nan Orrock — 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)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-12 Senate Hopper
• 2015-01-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-01-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-02 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-02-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-02-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-03 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-24 House Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2015-03-25 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-04-30 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-04-30 Act 33 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b99c6e1c-aa84-4a7e-a77a-4dc4c75eeab3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).