republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-123.md

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Bill	Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, relating to compulsory attendance, so as to update and revise provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; to provide that no student shall be expelled by a public school due solely to absenteeism;to provide for reporting requirements; to amend Code Section 20-4-141 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to establishment of pilot program, awarding of high school diploma to successful participants, skills and knowledge, eligibility for participation, and regulation, 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	SB 123	Georgia SB 123 (2025_26)	bill	COURTS EDUCATION	enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Drew Echols Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Matt Brass Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Shawn Still Steve Gooch	3	15	2	2025-02-06	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b0ff726a-9518-4a57-9c25-93cd6f8e081d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1ad9473711aeae74e21bed64ddbfe41c4b845f29a4ff18fa8c3ccf061ea90626	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 123 (2025_26) — Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, relating to compulsory attendance, so as to update and revise provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; to provide that no student shall be expelled by a public school due solely to absenteeism;to provide for reporting requirements; to amend Code Section 20-4-141 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to establishment of pilot program, awarding of high school diploma to successful participants, skills and knowledge, eligibility for participation, and regulation, 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. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 49 2214 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 123/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #305 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 160–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #96 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-02-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-28 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-28 Act 16 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0ff726a-9518-4a57-9c25-93cd6f8e081d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).