republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-440.md

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Bill	'Accelerated Career Diploma Program'; ACE Grants pilot program; establish and provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for the Accelerated Career Diploma Program; to provide a short title; to establish and provide for the ACE Grants pilot program; to make conforming changes; to extend an automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 440	Georgia SB 440 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Clint Dixon Elena Parent Freddie Powell Sims Gloria Butler Matt Brass Rick Williams Sonya Halpern Steve Gooch	5	16	3	2024-01-31	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2fe913c6-1237-42f7-8171-fa107682a78a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4d8e472e2de31b63111636cb419aaa5484e8949ee5869e4182a0e8dcd58b9e00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 440 (2023_24) — 'Accelerated Career Diploma Program'; ACE Grants pilot program; establish and provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for the Accelerated Career Diploma Program; to provide a short title; to establish and provide for the ACE Grants pilot program; to make conforming changes; to extend an automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 49 1728 (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0147 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 1894S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 440/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #726 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #552 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #708 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-31 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2024-02-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-21 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-02 Act 559 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2fe913c6-1237-42f7-8171-fa107682a78a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).