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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; revise prior school year requirement"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 33 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act, so as to revise the prior school year requirement; to expand eligibility for students; to revise the basis for calculating scholarship amounts; to require annual parent surveys; to provide for a review procedure for scholarship calculations; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 47"
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citation: "Georgia SB 47 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Billy Hickman", "Brian Strickland", "Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-28"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/612277a7-54b8-40cd-8994-b78a4291da02"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c765cdbfa62e174785c216ed12d64b1de9f98fa9e9aeaf50239d43eff2a8e64b"
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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 47 (2021_22) — Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; revise prior school year requirement
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 33 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act, so as to revise the prior school year requirement; to expand eligibility for students; to revise the basis for calculating scholarship amounts; to require annual parent surveys; to provide for a review procedure for scholarship calculations; 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 49 0328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196166.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199524.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 49 0442S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198414.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1 AM 49 0021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199371.pdf)
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5. **LC 49 0523S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200896.pdf)
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6. **SB 47/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201764.pdf)
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## Votes
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- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON RULES CALENDAR — **33–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-28** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-06** Act 243 `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/612277a7-54b8-40cd-8994-b78a4291da02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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