republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-307.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Quality Basic Education Act; students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; include provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to include provisions for students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; to revise a short title; to repeal Code Section 20-2-159.6, relating to screening for dyslexia and related disorders, training and professional development, pilot program evaluating early intervention, and data reporting; to amend Code Section 20-1-44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to duties and authority relative to the Georgia Council on Literacy, so as to make 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	2025_26	HB 307	Georgia HB 307 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION	enacted	Bethany Ballard Carmen Rice Chris Erwin Jan Jones John Corbett Matt Dubnik	6	16	3	2025-02-06	2025-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/cc1de6fb-5187-469d-884f-850a0a018933	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2f76c139e2c3e5e03c589870a26101fb64b9d06faea08109c8ba99c22fba5a5d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 307 (2025_26) — Quality Basic Education Act; students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; include provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to include provisions for students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; to revise a short title; to repeal Code Section 20-2-159.6, relating to screening for dyslexia and related disorders, training and professional development, pilot program evaluating early intervention, and data reporting; to amend Code Section 20-1-44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to duties and authority relative to the Georgia Council on Literacy, so as to make 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. HB 307/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 49 2139/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 49 2276S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 2309S/RCS (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 49 2309S/rcs (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Ctee sub LC 49 2352S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #357 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 167–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #302 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #113 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
• Carmen Rice — primary (person)
• Chris Erwin — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• John Corbett — primary (person)
• Matt Dubnik — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-28 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-28 Act 13 executive-signature
• 2025-04-28 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc1de6fb-5187-469d-884f-850a0a018933. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).