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type: "Bill"
title: "Quality Basic Education Act; military student may attend any school in local system; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 13 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to organization of schools and school systems under the \"Quality Basic Education Act,\" so as to provide that a military student may attend any school in the local school system; to provide a definition; to provide for a streamlined process and annual notice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 224"
citation: "Georgia HB 224 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Darrel Ealum", "Dave Belton", "Ed Rynders", "Richard Smith", "Tom Taylor"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f3fbd25-4045-49be-884f-3d70b2b5ef20"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a1631a3aef680c1fd87572797bbc23d4462e471a8d27ffe007f5ed2d8dcc29a3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 224 (2017_18) — Quality Basic Education Act; military student may attend any school in local system; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 13 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to organization of schools and school systems under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that a military student may attend any school in the local school system; to provide a definition; to provide for a streamlined process and annual notice; 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.
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1670** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Darrel Ealum — primary (person)
- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)
- Tom Taylor — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-01** House Hopper
- **2017-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** House Postponed
- **2017-02-23** House Postponed
- **2017-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2017-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Act 31 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f3fbd25-4045-49be-884f-3d70b2b5ef20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).