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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elementary and secondary education; update and clarify provisions and repeal obsolete provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to update and clarify provisions in law and to repeal obsolete provisions; 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 502"
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citation: "Georgia HB 502 (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: ["Brooks Coleman", "Margaret Kaiser", "Mike Dudgeon", "Randy Nix", "Tom Dickson", "Valerie Clark"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-26"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd2f291d-c636-4362-9ff7-3ddd202654a2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "71a003348428c3779778209c4cbdb4919e29046615276d7d56f575d3550b2075"
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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 502 (2015_16) — Elementary and secondary education; update and clarify provisions and repeal obsolete provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to update and clarify provisions in law and to repeal obsolete provisions; 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 502/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153815.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 6051/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149415.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 6109S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150236.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 6127S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151002.pdf)
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5. **LC 33 6127S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150662.pdf)
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6. **SCSFA to HB 502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153176.pdf)
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7. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6191S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152478.pdf)
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8. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 33 1559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153025.pdf)
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9. **Sen fl amend 2 AM 33 1558** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153066.pdf)
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10. **Sen floor am 1a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153233.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
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- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
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- Randy Nix — primary (person)
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- Tom Dickson — 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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- **2015-02-26** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-02** 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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- **2015-03-09** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2015-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-13** 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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- **2015-04-14** 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 241 `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/dd2f291d-c636-4362-9ff7-3ddd202654a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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