republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-50.md

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Bill	Education; local boards of education which operate a school with grades nine through 12 may provide instruction in lifeguarding and aquatic safety; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that local boards of education which operate a school with grades nine through 12 may provide instruction in lifeguarding and aquatic safety; to provide for Carnegie unit curriculum credits; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; 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 50	Georgia SB 50 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Carden Summers Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Donzella James Elena Parent Harold Jones II Kay Kirkpatrick Kim Jackson Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Hodges Nikki Merritt Rick Williams Shawn Still Sheikh Rahman Shelly Echols	4	16	3	2023-01-30	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/f5df9e18-512a-4328-a41a-c793f4551bf8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5c38ea8655e8d1d85fec0a22640f5cf54c35c791e19f740d462f94aebf104ba4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 50 (2023_24) — Education; local boards of education which operate a school with grades nine through 12 may provide instruction in lifeguarding and aquatic safety; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that local boards of education which operate a school with grades nine through 12 may provide instruction in lifeguarding and aquatic safety; to provide for Carnegie unit curriculum credits; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; 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 introduced LC 54 0142 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 49 1895S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 50/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #680 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #683 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #76 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-30 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-01-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-23 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-02-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-07 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-11 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-18 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 414 executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5df9e18-512a-4328-a41a-c793f4551bf8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).