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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; local school system to conduct certain screenings, assessments, and reviews prior to expelling a student; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 1A of Part 2 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to improved student learning environment and discipline in elementary and secondary education, so as to require local school systems to conduct certain screenings, assessments, and reviews prior to expelling or assigning a student in kindergarten through third grade to out-of-school suspension for five or more consecutive or cumulative days during a school year; to provide exceptions; to provide for a definition; 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 740"
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citation: "Georgia HB 740 (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: ["Joyce Chandler", "Katie Dempsey", "Randy Nix", "Renitta Shannon", "Robert Trammell", "Wayne Howard"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-24"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e7fbc24-6838-4661-84c1-b362226e2da6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a5f7935e58bd0fbfc75982dfb229f48c4e0986fc51c92496f1cda4a54f8958a3"
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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 740 (2017_18) — Education; local school system to conduct certain screenings, assessments, and reviews prior to expelling a student; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 1A of Part 2 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to improved student learning environment and discipline in elementary and secondary education, so as to require local school systems to conduct certain screenings, assessments, and reviews prior to expelling or assigning a student in kindergarten through third grade to out-of-school suspension for five or more consecutive or cumulative days during a school year; to provide exceptions; to provide for a definition; 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 — **157–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Randy Nix — primary (person)
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- Renitta Shannon — primary (person)
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- Robert Trammell — primary (person)
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- Wayne Howard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-24** House Hopper
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- **2018-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Act 450 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/2e7fbc24-6838-4661-84c1-b362226e2da6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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