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Bill "The Learning Pod Protection Act"; exemptions applicable to learning pods, student attendance, administrative and judicial proceedings; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-690 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational entities and requirements for private schools and home study programs, so as to provide for "The Learning Pod Protection Act"; to provide for exemptions applicable to learning pods; to provide for student attendance; to provide for administrative and judicial proceedings; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative purpose; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 SB 246 Georgia SB 246 (2021_22)
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Brandon Beach
Chuck Payne
Clint Dixon
Jason Anavitarte
John Albers
Kay Kirkpatrick
Matt Brass
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Georgia SB 246 (2021_22) — "The Learning Pod Protection Act"; exemptions applicable to learning pods, student attendance, administrative and judicial proceedings; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-690 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational entities and requirements for private schools and home study programs, so as to provide for "The Learning Pod Protection Act"; to provide for exemptions applicable to learning pods; to provide for student attendance; to provide for administrative and judicial proceedings; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative purpose; to provide for definitions; 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 0412 (committee substitute) — source
  2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. Floor amend 1 AM 49 0022 (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 49 0522S/hss (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB 246/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON THE RULES CALENDAR — 3217 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ben Watson — primary (person)
  • Brandon Beach — primary (person)
  • Chuck Payne — primary (person)
  • Clint Dixon — primary (person)
  • Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
  • John Albers — primary (person)
  • Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
  • Matt Brass — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-24 Senate Hopper
  • 2021-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2021-03-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-03 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2021-03-05 Senate Tabled
  • 2021-03-05 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2021-03-05 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2021-03-05 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
  • 2021-03-08 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2021-03-09 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2021-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-25 House Postponed
  • 2021-03-29 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2021-03-29 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 246 executive-signature
  • 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f392497-8c8f-4f2c-9051-744c8f44d010. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).