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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; local boards of education use vehicles other than school buses for transport of students; authorize"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to authorize local boards of education to use vehicles other than school buses for the transport of all students to and from school and school related activities; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 51"
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citation: "Georgia HB 51 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "John Corbett"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-23"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3e96b7b-135e-4ec7-a473-0d48cbc41547"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "95ecf15153054e04a170ea55062f3f2201e0e427d10a49c81d7271ca4fdbaa97"
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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 HB 51 (2023_24) — Education; local boards of education use vehicles other than school buses for transport of students; authorize
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to authorize local boards of education to use vehicles other than school buses for the transport of all students to and from school and school related activities; 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. **HB 51/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229075.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 3510/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212568.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 1286S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216552.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 1286S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215770.pdf)
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5. **Sen Ctee sub LC 46 0890S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227913.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 49 1439S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218789.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #777 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–4** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #737 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #118 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-23** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2024-01-08** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2024-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-23** Act 470 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/f3e96b7b-135e-4ec7-a473-0d48cbc41547`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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