republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-364.md

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Bill	"Quality Basic Education Act"; annual teacher, principal, and assistant principal evaluations; revise provisions	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 annual teacher, principal, and assistant principal evaluations; to revise provisions relating to student assessment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 364	Georgia SB 364 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Charlie Bethel Chuck Hufstetler David Shafer Dean Burke Ellis Black Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Greg Kirk Jesse Stone John Wilkinson Judson Hill Lindsey Tippins Michael 'Doc' Rhett Renee Unterman Rick Jeffares Steve Gooch Tommie Williams	5	16	1	2016-02-10	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/bd56fb0b-4f93-46f7-a202-0ad2b49da0ed	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	54287bb42a3b85f55aafc4b86ab569baea5e5daaa56eb06a9a81aa8e4c8f34ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 364 (2015_16) — "Quality Basic Education Act"; annual teacher, principal, and assistant principal evaluations; revise provisions

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 annual teacher, principal, and assistant principal evaluations; to revise provisions relating to student assessment; 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 6474 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 6526S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6620S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 364/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-10 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-15 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-01 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 529 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd56fb0b-4f93-46f7-a202-0ad2b49da0ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).