republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-879.md

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Bill	Elementary and secondary education; seal of biliteracy for high school graduates with a high level of proficiency in one or more languages in addition to English; provide	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 elementary and secondary educational programs, so as to provide for the issuance of a seal of biliteracy for high school graduates who have achieved a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing one or more languages in addition to English; to provide for criteria; to provide for participation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 879	Georgia HB 879 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bert Reeves Beth Beskin Pedro Marin Ron Stephens Tom Taylor	6	19	1	2016-02-01	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/cac68d02-5d29-45c2-b1a4-e89d14509ba6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6bb9a3faa874878af470008f4c4107a2f94a8f865d3eb3cba97caafd16f556f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 879 (2015_16) — Elementary and secondary education; seal of biliteracy for high school graduates with a high level of proficiency in one or more languages in addition to English; provide

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 elementary and secondary educational programs, so as to provide for the issuance of a seal of biliteracy for high school graduates who have achieved a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing one or more languages in addition to English; to provide for criteria; to provide for participation; 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. Floor Amendment AM 40 0153 (committee substitute) — source
2. Floor Amendment AM 40 0169 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB 879/AP* (committee substitute) — source
4. HB 879/FA (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 40 1020/a (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 168–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bert Reeves — primary (person)
• Beth Beskin — primary (person)
• Pedro Marin — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)
• Tom Taylor — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-01 House Hopper
• 2016-02-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-09 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-18 House Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2016-02-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-22 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 618 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cac68d02-5d29-45c2-b1a4-e89d14509ba6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).