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| Bill | Quality Basic Education Act; children placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities may not be charged tuition; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the short title and purpose of the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that children placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities pursuant to a physician's order may not be charged tuition; to provide for eligibility for enrollment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 853 | Georgia HB 853 (2017_18) |
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0 | 18 | 1 | 2018-02-06 | 2018-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/e98faf59-958c-4e62-9327-571ee069f4ef | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | cf067f222fbeb8dcb4e5885f2e9992a4af95f83dec1fed838d3c6a9b6eec1a41 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 853 (2017_18) — Quality Basic Education Act; children placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities may not be charged tuition; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the short title and purpose of the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that children placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities pursuant to a physician's order may not be charged tuition; to provide for eligibility for enrollment; 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 168–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-02-06 House Hopper
- 2018-02-07 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2018-02-08 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2018-02-15 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-02-22 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2018-02-22 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2018-02-23 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2018-03-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-23 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-03-27 Senate Tabled
- 2018-03-29 Senate Taken from Table
- 2018-03-29 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2018-04-05 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-03 Act 382
executive-signature - 2018-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e98faf59-958c-4e62-9327-571ee069f4ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).