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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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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 879"
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citation: "Georgia HB 879 (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: ["Bert Reeves", "Beth Beskin", "Pedro Marin", "Ron Stephens", "Tom Taylor"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-01"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cac68d02-5d29-45c2-b1a4-e89d14509ba6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6bb9a3faa874878af470008f4c4107a2f94a8f865d3eb3cba97caafd16f556f0"
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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 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
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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.
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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. **Floor Amendment AM 40 0153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157824.pdf)
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2. **Floor Amendment AM 40 0169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161727.pdf)
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3. **HB 879/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162411.pdf)
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4. **HB 879/FA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157860.pdf)
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5. **LC 40 1020/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156090.pdf)
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6. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161529.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **168–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
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- Beth Beskin — primary (person)
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- Pedro Marin — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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- Tom Taylor — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-01** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-18** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2016-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 618 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/cac68d02-5d29-45c2-b1a4-e89d14509ba6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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