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Bill Elementary and Secondary Education; provision relating to student transportation; revise A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to revise a provision relating to student transportation; to authorize local boards of education to use vehicles other than school buses for the transport of students to and from school related activities; to provide for minimum requirements; to provide for insurance; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 SB 159 Georgia SB 159 (2021_22)
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Chuck Payne
Dean Burke
Frank Ginn
Steve Gooch
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Georgia SB 159 (2021_22) — Elementary and Secondary Education; provision relating to student transportation; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to revise a provision relating to student transportation; to authorize local boards of education to use vehicles other than school buses for the transport of students to and from school related activities; to provide for minimum requirements; to provide for insurance; 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 39 2874 (committee substitute) — source
  2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee sub LC 39 2935S (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 39 3002S/hss (committee substitute) — source
  5. LC 39 3037S/hss (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB 159/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 530 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Butch Miller — primary (person)
  • Chuck Payne — primary (person)
  • Dean Burke — primary (person)
  • Frank Ginn — primary (person)
  • Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-11 Senate Hopper
  • 2021-02-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2021-02-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-02-24 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2021-02-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2021-02-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2021-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2021-03-01 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2021-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-16 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
  • 2021-03-17 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2021-03-22 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2021-03-23 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-05-04 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-05-04 Act 155 executive-signature
  • 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1fc7ed4-a646-4d4a-a126-7ff34b0fdc90. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).