republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-379.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish a program to promote the creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in the state; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide for the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to establish a program to promote the creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in the state; to authorize the acceptance of grants and other funds; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a repealer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "Georgia SB 379 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Blake Tillery", "Brian Strickland", "Bruce Thompson", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Carden Summers", "Dean Burke", "Donzella James", "Elena Parent", "Frank Ginn", "Gloria Butler", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Mike Dugan", "Nan Orrock", "Russ Goodman", "Sheikh Rahman", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper", "Valencia Seay"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4316fe7d-f837-42a2-99ae-79d715af023f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "592c805d1e76b76737744c55f138d9d9307861785140f375c768d1bdea80a1c5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia SB 379 (2021_22) — State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish a program to promote the creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in the state; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide for the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to establish a program to promote the creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in the state; to authorize the acceptance of grants and other funds; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a repealer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced LC 43 2198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204105.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208572.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 43 2317S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208055.pdf)
4. **SB 379/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211178.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **42–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Donzella James — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
- Valencia Seay — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-26** Senate Hopper
- **2022-01-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-30** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-29** Act 728 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4316fe7d-f837-42a2-99ae-79d715af023f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).