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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nontraditional Special Schools Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to revise and repeal certain provisions for alternative charter schools; to provide for the continued operation of state chartered special schools until no later than the expiration of each such school's current charter with the State Board of Education; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 87"
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citation: "Georgia HB 87 (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: ["Chris Erwin", "Jan Jones", "Matt Dubnik", "Rick Jasperse", "Steven Meeks", "Will Wade"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-26"
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last_action: "2023-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36316ad0-2a43-454e-b0e5-19a44d23fa22"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7d0f917084f527e254f21f6e9525a217b2322c6748f549dcbe8f12b0aadb6c47"
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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 87 (2023_24) — Nontraditional Special Schools Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to revise and repeal certain provisions for alternative charter schools; to provide for the continued operation of state chartered special schools until no later than the expiration of each such school's current charter with the State Board of Education; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 87/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220456.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 1154/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212869.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 1204S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214850.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 1204S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214322.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 49 1449S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218783.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #278 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #348 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **175–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #40 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
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- Will Wade — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-26** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-02-16** 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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- **2023-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Act 342 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** 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/36316ad0-2a43-454e-b0e5-19a44d23fa22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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