republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-169.md

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Bill	Public Schools; extension of hearing dates for student discipline tribunals; provide for limits	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-754 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedures to be followed by disciplinary officer, panel, or tribunal in public schools, and review, so as to provide for limits on the extension of hearing dates for student discipline tribunals; to require local school systems to provide appropriate grade-level instructional materials to any student subject to in-school suspension, short-term suspension, or long-term suspension pending completion of the student discipline tribunal; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 169	Georgia SB 169 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Colton Moore Ed Harbison Ed Setzler Elena Parent Freddie Powell Sims Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Matt Brass Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Dugan Randy Robertson Rick Williams Shawn Still Shelly Echols Sonya Halpern	6	16	3	2023-02-14	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/433ed6fd-6d58-495a-92da-3c7353a79730	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b519daa99c1ec4a16c44b0b4616bb140eef5ede130479abe9ed1ecfcdf937b4f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 169 (2023_24) — Public Schools; extension of hearing dates for student discipline tribunals; provide for limits

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-754 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedures to be followed by disciplinary officer, panel, or tribunal in public schools, and review, so as to provide for limits on the extension of hearing dates for student discipline tribunals; to require local school systems to provide appropriate grade-level instructional materials to any student subject to in-school suspension, short-term suspension, or long-term suspension pending completion of the student discipline tribunal; to provide for construction; 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.

1. As introduced LC 49 1261 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 49 1338S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 1887S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 169/AP* (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0181 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #888 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #702 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 167–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #95 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-02-14 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-23 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-23 Act 466 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/433ed6fd-6d58-495a-92da-3c7353a79730. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).