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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; complaints policy for teachers and other school personnel; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 11 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to complaints policy for teachers and other school personnel, so as to provide that performance ratings contained in personnel evaluations are subject to complaint for teachers who accepted a school year contract for the fourth or subsequent consecutive school year; to provide for appeals hearings to be conducted by independent third parties; to require local units of administration to submit copies of their complaint policies to the Department of Education; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 86"
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citation: "Georgia HB 86 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Colton Moore", "Gerald Greene", "Matthew Gambill", "Tommy Benton", "Valencia Stovall"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-29"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/856dec4f-676a-4dc5-b5cf-85ca78b35320"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e956f29bd46bfb9fc4d07b7964044dc1f29fdea80543319af5c672e0756c47cc"
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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 86 (2019_20) — Education; complaints policy for teachers and other school personnel; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 11 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to complaints policy for teachers and other school personnel, so as to provide that performance ratings contained in personnel evaluations are subject to complaint for teachers who accepted a school year contract for the fourth or subsequent consecutive school year; to provide for appeals hearings to be conducted by independent third parties; to require local units of administration to submit copies of their complaint policies to the Department of Education; 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. **HB 86/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195252.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 7605/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180006.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 7876S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183674.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 0181S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193309.pdf)
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5. **LC 49 0181S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192506.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 49 0246S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194565.pdf)
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7. **Sen ctee sub LC 49 0249S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194798.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **155–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Colton Moore — primary (person)
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
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- Valencia Stovall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-29** House Hopper
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- **2019-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-12** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-03** Act 546 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/856dec4f-676a-4dc5-b5cf-85ca78b35320`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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