republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-154.md

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Bill	United States Department of Education; references from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise or remove	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 35, and 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, law enforcement officers and agencies, and professions and businesses, respectively, so as to revise or remove references to the United States Department of Education from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to replace a reference to student aid reports with FAFSA submission summary; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 154	Georgia SB 154 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES	enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Drew Echols Ed Setzler Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Steve Gooch Timothy Bearden	5	16	4	2025-02-12	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/ae945678-a6eb-46b2-ab67-615ec01d4d4a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	bff386714ca6e2ad1af4f02807a67c096d8ccaaa8e32f2bbbe04e201e0f57cb5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 154 (2025_26) — United States Department of Education; references from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise or remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 35, and 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, law enforcement officers and agencies, and professions and businesses, respectively, so as to revise or remove references to the United States Department of Education from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to replace a reference to student aid reports with FAFSA submission summary; to provide for related matters; to provide 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 2225 (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 2346S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 154/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #294 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 144–15 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #155 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 21–32 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #156 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 37–17 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #363 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 44–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-12 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-31 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 291 executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae945678-a6eb-46b2-ab67-615ec01d4d4a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).