republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-204.md

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Bill	Education Accountability; recognition of certain accrediting agencies as evaluators of the quality of education offered in public schools in this state; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education accountability, so as to provide for the recognition of certain accrediting agencies as evaluators of the quality of education offered in public schools in this state; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 204	Georgia SB 204 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Carden Summers Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Colton Moore Ed Setzler Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Dugan Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Shelly Echols Steve Gooch	5	16	3	2023-02-16	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/919c8dbf-b8f9-44c0-9a1b-58002320243e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	90d18680948dbf23b6a038588a1a76f241f323b3793f3383fb0d1aa7491f33e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 204 (2023_24) — Education Accountability; recognition of certain accrediting agencies as evaluators of the quality of education offered in public schools in this state; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education accountability, so as to provide for the recognition of certain accrediting agencies as evaluators of the quality of education offered in public schools in this state; 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 1307 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 49 1390S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 1431S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 204/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #144 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #278 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 161–10 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #284 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-02 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-23 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-02 Act 252 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/919c8dbf-b8f9-44c0-9a1b-58002320243e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).