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Bill	"Digital Classroom Act"; require instructional materials and content to be in digital or electronic format after a certain date	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 19 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to textbooks for elementary and secondary education, so as to require instructional materials and content to be in digital or electronic format after a certain date; to require local boards of education to provide wireless electronic devices for students to access instructional materials and content; to revise provisions for purposes of conformity; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 89	Georgia SB 89 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Brandon Beach Chuck Hufstetler Curt Thompson Donzella James Ellis Black Greg Kirk John Albers Judson Hill Marty Harbin Renee Unterman Rick Jeffares Tommie Williams	6	20	1	2015-02-04	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/97deb735-1b7c-4f42-a52b-ab1614477eeb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ea3d45baa8ce3b505520e8275ae8db66954afe345544e8c3c4c966c743af2954	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 89 (2015_16) — "Digital Classroom Act"; require instructional materials and content to be in digital or electronic format after a certain date

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 19 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to textbooks for elementary and secondary education, so as to require instructional materials and content to be in digital or electronic format after a certain date; to require local boards of education to provide wireless electronic devices for students to access instructional materials and content; to revise provisions for purposes of conformity; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; 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 5871 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 6041S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 33 6152S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 89/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 45–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Curt Thompson — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-04 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-02-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-02-23 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2015-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-31 House Postponed
• 2015-04-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-04-02 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-08 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 171 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97deb735-1b7c-4f42-a52b-ab1614477eeb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).