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| Bill | Education; water safety education information to parents of students under 18 years of age and to students 18 years of age and older; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health of elementary and secondary school students, so as to require public schools and local school systems to provide water safety education information upon initial enrollment to parents and guardians of students under 18 years of age and directly to student 18 years of age and older; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2023_24 | HB 402 | Georgia HB 402 (2023_24) |
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Georgia HB 402 (2023_24) — Education; water safety education information to parents of students under 18 years of age and to students 18 years of age and older; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health of elementary and secondary school students, so as to require public schools and local school systems to provide water safety education information upon initial enrollment to parents and guardians of students under 18 years of age and directly to student 18 years of age and older; to provide for a definition; 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.
- HB 402/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 49 1290/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 49 1355S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 49 1355S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #223 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 14–41 (fail) · upper
- House Vote #119 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 159–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #224 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–6 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-14 House Hopper
introduction - 2023-02-15 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2023-02-16 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2023-02-23 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-01 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2023-03-01 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2023-03-02 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2023-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-09 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2023-03-14 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2023-03-14 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2023-03-30 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-04 Act 343
executive-signature - 2023-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf682578-2d05-407c-8a51-0f21d82c7a0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).