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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; administration of a nationally recognized multiple-aptitude battery assessment that predicts success in the military to certain public school students; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 12 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to effectiveness of educational programs, so as to require the administration of a nationally recognized multiple-aptitude battery assessment that measures developed abilities and helps predict future academic and occupational success in the military to public school students in grades 11 and 12 who choose to participate; to prohibit the use of assessment results in education accountability programs; to provide for parents and guardians to opt their children out of participating in such assessments; 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 995"
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citation: "Georgia HB 995 (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: ["Bethany Ballard", "Chas Cannon", "Josh Bonner", "Steven Sainz", "Will Wade"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-23"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65f2b6ff-6315-43d5-86bc-954ce6b0f3f1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "05ea22a30f2b130e623504316f2e3046105cf70fc2aabcbd439f4c29314699a3"
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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 995 (2023_24) — Education; administration of a nationally recognized multiple-aptitude battery assessment that predicts success in the military to certain public school students; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 12 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to effectiveness of educational programs, so as to require the administration of a nationally recognized multiple-aptitude battery assessment that measures developed abilities and helps predict future academic and occupational success in the military to public school students in grades 11 and 12 who choose to participate; to prohibit the use of assessment results in education accountability programs; to provide for parents and guardians to opt their children out of participating in such assessments; 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 995/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227418.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 1678/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221554.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 1743S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224615.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 1743S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223468.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #501 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **173–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #665 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **36–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
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- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Steven Sainz — 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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- **2024-01-23** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-24** Act 487 `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/65f2b6ff-6315-43d5-86bc-954ce6b0f3f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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