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type: "Bill"
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title: "Early Care and Learning, Department of; provide certain information to owners of early care and education programs; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to revise terminology relating to early care and learning; to require the Department of Early Care and Learning to provide certain information to owners of early care and education programs; to authorize the department to administer certain programs; to expand the purposes of the \"Georgia Professional Standards Act;\"; to authorize the Professional Standards Commission to perform certain functions and services with respect to early care and education program personnel if funding is available; to provide for statutory construction; to amend various other titles of the O.C.G.A., for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 354"
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citation: "Georgia HB 354 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alisha Morgan", "Brooks Coleman", "Jan Tankersley", "Margaret Kaiser", "Randy Nix", "Valerie Clark"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-14"
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last_action: "2013-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75705c82-855e-4be0-9717-a992c452c427"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "aa98ce0e0f356151c8eeef3a4f04e1af1d4ab38c3becdfce4ec323876786c800"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 354 (2013_14) — Early Care and Learning, Department of; provide certain information to owners of early care and education programs; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to revise terminology relating to early care and learning; to require the Department of Early Care and Learning to provide certain information to owners of early care and education programs; to authorize the department to administer certain programs; to expand the purposes of the "Georgia Professional Standards Act;"; to authorize the Professional Standards Commission to perform certain functions and services with respect to early care and education program personnel if funding is available; to provide for statutory construction; to amend various other titles of the O.C.G.A., for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 354/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136398.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 5016/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131041.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 5118S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133140.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 5118S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132488.pdf)
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5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 36 0424ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135808.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **153–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alisha Morgan — primary (person)
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- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
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- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
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- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Randy Nix — primary (person)
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- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-14** House Hopper
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- **2013-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-04-24** Act 32 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75705c82-855e-4be0-9717-a992c452c427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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