republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-211.md

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Bill	Georgia Council on Literacy; establish	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to establish the Georgia Council on Literacy; to provide for consultation with subject matter experts; to provide for automatic repeal; to require local school systems to develop and implement five-year literacy plans for such school system and individual literacy plans for students in kindergarten through grade five; to replace the Education Coordinating Council with the Alliance of Education Agency Heads; to provide for related matters; to make conforming changes; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 211	Georgia SB 211 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Carden Summers Clint Dixon Elena Parent Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John F. Kennedy Josh McLaurin Larry Walker, III Marty Harbin Max Burns Mike Dugan Mike Hodges Nan Orrock Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sally Harrell Sam Watson Sheikh Rahman Shelly Echols Sonya Halpern Steve Gooch	6	16	3	2023-02-16	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/fd8d8cbe-2a27-400e-b04a-9339e9170e97	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7aa458e361d55d03f3b6de9d64e8ae642f1a407c17fcbce3702f7e07e4fa420b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 211 (2023_24) — Georgia Council on Literacy; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to establish the Georgia Council on Literacy; to provide for consultation with subject matter experts; to provide for automatic repeal; to require local school systems to develop and implement five-year literacy plans for such school system and individual literacy plans for students in kindergarten through grade five; to replace the Education Coordinating Council with the Alliance of Education Agency Heads; to provide for related matters; to make conforming changes; to provide for legislative findings; 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 1301 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 49 1370S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 49 0077 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 49 1424S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 211/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #145 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #307 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 175–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #333 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-02 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-13 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-13 Act 8 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd8d8cbe-2a27-400e-b04a-9339e9170e97. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).