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type: "Bill"
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title: "Excellent Teacher Preparation Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 10 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional standards, so as to require the Professional Standards Commission to develop and report annual performance measures that evaluate the performance of each educator preparation provider (EPP) in the state; to provide for minimum contents of EPP performance measures; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1107"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1107 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "Carmen Rice", "Chris Erwin", "Jan Jones", "Rick Townsend", "Scott Hilton"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-29"
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last_action: "2026-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8b7f7bf-14e9-413b-bdd2-3f95a67a5ba2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cb32e2801f525805bfad322b5a9379c6c8b705e20c5b94ca41045847dc4a855e"
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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 1107 (2025_26) — Excellent Teacher Preparation Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 10 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional standards, so as to require the Professional Standards Commission to develop and report annual performance measures that evaluate the performance of each educator preparation provider (EPP) in the state; to provide for minimum contents of EPP performance measures; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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 1107/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248113.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 2531/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240912.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 2669S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244384.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 2669S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243376.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #578 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #866 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **26–22** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
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- Carmen Rice — primary (person)
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- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Rick Townsend — primary (person)
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- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Act 396 `executive-signature`
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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/c8b7f7bf-14e9-413b-bdd2-3f95a67a5ba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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