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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elementary and secondary education; administration of standardized assessments in paper-and-pencil format upon parental request; provide"
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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 provide for administration of standardized assessments in paper-and-pencil format upon parental request; to discourage punitive actions for students refusing to participate in federal, state, or locally mandated standardized assessments; to provide for alternative administrations of student assessments; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 425"
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citation: "Georgia HB 425 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Clay Cox", "Dave Belton", "Joyce Chandler", "Mike Glanton", "Wes Cantrell"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-17"
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last_action: "2017-05-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd260158-b9dc-4422-bd02-5db8864edd84"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "9d95d10e48bf2a1c16fbdf60d419159940aa0e5b29c25f74cab4658f02b36894"
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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 425 (2017_18) — Elementary and secondary education; administration of standardized assessments in paper-and-pencil format upon parental request; provide
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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 provide for administration of standardized assessments in paper-and-pencil format upon parental request; to discourage punitive actions for students refusing to participate in federal, state, or locally mandated standardized assessments; to provide for alternative administrations of student assessments; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **151–18** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Clay Cox — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
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- Mike Glanton — 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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- **2017-02-17** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-09** Veto V5 `executive-signature`
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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/dd260158-b9dc-4422-bd02-5db8864edd84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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