republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-288.md

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Bill	Education; provide no high school which receives funding under the "Quality Basic Education Act"; shall participate in/or sponsor interscholastic sport events conducted by any athletic association	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain programs and activities under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that no high school which receives funding under the "Quality Basic Education Act" shall participate in or sponsor interscholastic sports events conducted by any athletic association unless the association releases annual financial reports; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 288	Georgia SB 288 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Charlie Bethel Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Don Balfour Earl Carter Ed Harbison Emanuel Jones Freddie Powell Sims Hunter Hill Jack Hill Jason Carter Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Crosby Joshua McKoon Judson Hill Lindsey Tippins Mike Crane Mike Dugan Nan Orrock Renee Unterman Ronald Ramsey, Sr. Ronnie Chance Tyler Harper Valencia Seay William Ligon, Jr.	7	22	1	2014-01-14	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c6101a4f-e2c5-4cd1-bf40-c777766c81dc	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b57e3e64df2ff73cd274662ba46ce9581c448c2907b3ae53412e454d48babf8e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 288 (2013_14) — Education; provide no high school which receives funding under the "Quality Basic Education Act"; shall participate in/or sponsor interscholastic sport events conducted by any athletic association

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain programs and activities under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that no high school which receives funding under the "Quality Basic Education Act" shall participate in or sponsor interscholastic sports events conducted by any athletic association unless the association releases annual financial reports; 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 33 5291 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. CCR to SB 288 LC 33 5658S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 1 AM 33 1473 (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 33 5498S/hss (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 288/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Don Balfour — primary (person)
• Earl Carter — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jason Carter — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Crosby — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Mike Crane — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
• Ronnie Chance — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-14 Senate Hopper
• 2014-01-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-01-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-01-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-02-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-02-06 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2014-02-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-03-06 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-11 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-18 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2014-03-20 House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-20 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 54th, 53rd, 45th
• 2014-03-20 House Insisted
• 2014-03-20 House Conference Committee Appointed 49th, 47th, 25th
• 2014-03-20 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2014-03-20 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2014-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-21 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-21 Act 553 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c6101a4f-e2c5-4cd1-bf40-c777766c81dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).