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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Foundation for Public Education; a nonprofit corporation created by the foundation to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; authorize"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 and Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to authorize a nonprofit corporation incorporated by the Georgia Foundation for Public Education to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for the expiration of the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation's authority to promote public-private partnerships and to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for grant criteria; to provide for the dissolution of the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; to revise definitions; to provide for an income tax credit for qualified education donations; 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 66"
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citation: "Georgia SB 66 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Brian Strickland", "Bruce Thompson", "Chuck Payne", "Elena Parent", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "Larry Walker, III", "Marty Harbin", "Randy Robertson", "Sonya Halpern"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-01"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66cae329-30eb-4652-b717-108f98530ea3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "429d89e9805d6146e184ae6274ee25ea7c255e364eb17a877cf8dbcd6ea8d58d"
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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 66 (2021_22) — Georgia Foundation for Public Education; a nonprofit corporation created by the foundation to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; authorize
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 and Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to authorize a nonprofit corporation incorporated by the Georgia Foundation for Public Education to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for the expiration of the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation's authority to promote public-private partnerships and to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for grant criteria; to provide for the dissolution of the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; to revise definitions; to provide for an income tax credit for qualified education donations; 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 0358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196498.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199531.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 49 0423S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198416.pdf)
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4. **SB 66/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200890.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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- Bill Cowsert — 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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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — 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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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-01** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-02-02** 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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- **2021-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 157 `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/66cae329-30eb-4652-b717-108f98530ea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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