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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dyslexia; identification of and support for students in pre-kindergarten through second grade; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to provide for identification of and support for students in pre-kindergarten through second grade with dyslexia; to provide for definitions; to require the Department of Education to make a dyslexia informational handbook available to local school systems; 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: "SB 48"
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citation: "Georgia SB 48 (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: ["Brandon Beach", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Dean Burke", "Elena Parent", "Freddie Sims", "Gloria Butler", "Jennifer Jordan", "Jesse Stone", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Matt Brass", "P. K. Martin IV", "Randy Robertson", "Renee Unterman", "Zahra Karinshak"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-30"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4015c67b-a0bf-4d49-b420-7870e4d1a2f7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7012345aac7e7b0f42a133337b08d7e1c9300b8ff2af28c2508e57198e7be859"
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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 SB 48 (2019_20) — Dyslexia; identification of and support for students in pre-kindergarten through second grade; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to provide for identification of and support for students in pre-kindergarten through second grade with dyslexia; to provide for definitions; to require the Department of Education to make a dyslexia informational handbook available to local school systems; 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. **As introduced LC 33 7583** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180210.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182165.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 7725S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181443.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1 AM 33 1835** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182015.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 2 AM 33 1836** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182031.pdf)
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6. **Floor amend 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182059.pdf)
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7. **LC 33 7998S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185579.pdf)
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8. **SB 48/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186911.pdf)
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## Votes
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- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #3 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 31ST — **6–48** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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- Zahra Karinshak — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-30** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-02** Act 134 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/4015c67b-a0bf-4d49-b420-7870e4d1a2f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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