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type: "Bill"
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title: "'Accelerated Career Diploma Program'; ACE Grants pilot program; establish and provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the \"Quality Basic Education Act,\" so as to provide for the Accelerated Career Diploma Program; to provide a short title; to establish and provide for the ACE Grants pilot program; to make conforming changes; to extend an automatic repeal; 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: "SB 440"
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citation: "Georgia SB 440 (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: ["Clint Dixon", "Elena Parent", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Gloria Butler", "Matt Brass", "Rick Williams", "Sonya Halpern", "Steve Gooch"]
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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: "2024-01-31"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fe913c6-1237-42f7-8171-fa107682a78a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4d8e472e2de31b63111636cb419aaa5484e8949ee5869e4182a0e8dcd58b9e00"
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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 SB 440 (2023_24) — 'Accelerated Career Diploma Program'; ACE Grants pilot program; establish and provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for the Accelerated Career Diploma Program; to provide a short title; to establish and provide for the ACE Grants pilot program; to make conforming changes; to extend an automatic repeal; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225622.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 49 1728** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222559.pdf)
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3. **Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225510.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 1894S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226971.pdf)
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5. **SB 440/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228488.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #726 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–1** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #552 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #708 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-31** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-02-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-21** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-02** Act 559 `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/2fe913c6-1237-42f7-8171-fa107682a78a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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