republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-523.md

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Bill	Education; public schools and postsecondary educational institutions to consider antisemitism in the same manner as discrimination based on religion; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to authorize public schools and postsecondary educational institutions to consider antisemitism in the same manner as discrimination based on religion; to require the Department of Education to establish a state-wide K-12 Title VI Coordinator; to authorize withholding of funds for noncompliance; to provide for notice and appeal procedures; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 523	Georgia SB 523 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION MINORS	enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Drew Echols Elena Parent Jason T. Dickerson John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Sonya Halpern Steve Gooch Timothy Bearden	5	16	4	2026-02-18	2026-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/0b105e57-938b-4e50-a82e-ef938cb2155e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7103bba91182c494c90092c57553f2e8bbf6fa31c387095206729d8f85c31d05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 523 (2025_26) — Education; public schools and postsecondary educational institutions to consider antisemitism in the same manner as discrimination based on religion; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to authorize public schools and postsecondary educational institutions to consider antisemitism in the same manner as discrimination based on religion; to require the Department of Education to establish a state-wide K-12 Title VI Coordinator; to authorize withholding of funds for noncompliance; to provide for notice and appeal procedures; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for related matters; 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 65 0073 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor Amend 1 AM 44 0247 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 61 0476S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 523/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #716 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #620 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–2 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #619 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 22–31 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #820 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-18 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-03-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-12 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-25 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-05 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-05 Act 402 executive-signature
• 2026-05-05 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b105e57-938b-4e50-a82e-ef938cb2155e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).