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Bill	Education; State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to award high school diplomas; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide for the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to award high school diplomas; to provide for a pilot program by the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to allow students who are 16 years of age or older, who have completed certain secondary school coursework requirements, and who have withdrawn from secondary school, to enroll in the Dual Achieve Program at a technical college of this state and achieve a high school diploma in conjunction with successful completion of the program; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 204	Georgia SB 204 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Butch Miller Carden Summers Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler Clint Dixon Dean Burke Ed Harbison Elena Parent Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Harold Jones II Jason Anavitarte Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Kim Jackson Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Lester Jackson Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Michelle Au Mike Dugan Nan Orrock Nikki Merritt Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sally Harrell Sheikh Rahman Sonya Halpern Steve Gooch Tonya Anderson Tyler Harper Valencia Seay	6	19	1	2021-02-18	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f135b72f-8cb5-40f7-94e0-81dd1c69cf23	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	880c3936f63dfceb5e2c71eafb11ba4dc26083d2e1696cad167a1236159fd693	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 204 (2021_22) — Education; State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to award high school diplomas; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide for the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to award high school diplomas; to provide for a pilot program by the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to allow students who are 16 years of age or older, who have completed certain secondary school coursework requirements, and who have withdrawn from secondary school, to enroll in the Dual Achieve Program at a technical college of this state and achieve a high school diploma in conjunction with successful completion of the program; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education; 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 49 0437 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 49 0443S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 0554S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 49 0562S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 204/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON RULES CALENDAR — 33–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Michelle Au — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-18 Senate Hopper
• 2021-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-03 Senate Tabled
• 2021-03-03 Senate Taken from Table
• 2021-03-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-29 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2021-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-31 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-06 Act 253 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f135b72f-8cb5-40f7-94e0-81dd1c69cf23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).