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type: "Bill"
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title: "Quality Basic Education Act; children placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities may not be charged tuition; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the short title and purpose of the \"Quality Basic Education Act,\" so as to provide that children placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities pursuant to a physician's order may not be charged tuition; to provide for eligibility for enrollment; 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 853"
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citation: "Georgia HB 853 (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: ["Brooks Coleman", "Chuck Efstration", "Katie Dempsey", "Mary Oliver", "Tommy Benton"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-06"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e98faf59-958c-4e62-9327-571ee069f4ef"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cf067f222fbeb8dcb4e5885f2e9992a4af95f83dec1fed838d3c6a9b6eec1a41"
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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 853 (2017_18) — Quality Basic Education Act; children placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities may not be charged tuition; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the short title and purpose of the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that children placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities pursuant to a physician's order may not be charged tuition; to provide for eligibility for enrollment; 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 — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-06** House Hopper
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- **2018-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 382 `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/e98faf59-958c-4e62-9327-571ee069f4ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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