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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; prior school year attendance requirement to prior semester; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 33 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the \"Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act,\" so as to revise the prior school year attendance requirement to the prior semester; to revise provisions relating to notification of parents of eligible students as to scholarship options; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 209"
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citation: "Georgia HB 209 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Casas", "Mike Glanton", "Sam Teasley", "Stacey Evans", "Valencia Stovall", "Wes Cantrell"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-03"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/786f594b-a7b1-4274-8003-82ad215d1d81"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7565ace0360d03f8703194cd27a798321789a8d1ed30134dca8b45fb9a7d94ed"
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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 209 (2015_16) — Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; prior school year attendance requirement to prior semester; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 33 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act," so as to revise the prior school year attendance requirement to the prior semester; to revise provisions relating to notification of parents of eligible students as to scholarship options; 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 209/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153781.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 5836/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146779.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 6112S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151274.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 6112S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150231.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6189S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152475.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **168–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Casas — primary (person)
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- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
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- Sam Teasley — primary (person)
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- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
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- Valencia Stovall — primary (person)
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- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-03** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** Act 201 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/786f594b-a7b1-4274-8003-82ad215d1d81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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