republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-589.md

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Bill	"Quality Basic Education Act"; the date by which a child must attain a certain age to be eligible for enrollment in kindergarten or first grade; revise	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to revise the date by which a child must attain a certain age to be eligible for enrollment in kindergarten or first grade; to provide for parents and guardians to elect for their children who have attained the age of four or five to be enrolled in a voluntary pre-kindergarten program provided and operated as part of Georgia's Pre-K Program; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 589	Georgia SB 589 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION MINORS	enacted	Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Clint Dixon Jason Anavitarte John Albers Kim Jackson Matt Brass Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Steven McNeel	5	18	3	2026-02-25	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/89394de5-76db-4718-a179-4a0424dfd0aa	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	16ef48263c6a99c2f03c404ee8db8b48ee092a146a0d32873e421589ba66fe91	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 589 (2025_26) — "Quality Basic Education Act"; the date by which a child must attain a certain age to be eligible for enrollment in kindergarten or first grade; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to revise the date by which a child must attain a certain age to be eligible for enrollment in kindergarten or first grade; to provide for parents and guardians to elect for their children who have attained the age of four or five to be enrolled in a voluntary pre-kindergarten program provided and operated as part of Georgia's Pre-K Program; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 61 0427 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 61 0447S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 2856S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 589/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #657 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #788 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 156–3 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #925 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Steven McNeel — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-25 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-06 Senate Tabled
• 2026-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
• 2026-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-31 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 633 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89394de5-76db-4718-a179-4a0424dfd0aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).