republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1193.md

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Bill	Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to promote and advance state-wide literacy and reading education efforts; to substantially revise the "Georgia Early Literacy and Dyslexia Act"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1193	Georgia HB 1193 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION	enacted	Chris Erwin Gerald Greene Jan Jones Jon Burns Matt Dubnik Matt Hatchett	8	17	3	2026-02-04	2026-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/3f5a1c7f-b065-4abe-9250-c09956b0d256	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a78eb39e92b9a9da651ec1f7f7367323e17da8cb0c870a714d69591e0ea81c36	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1193 (2025_26) — Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to promote and advance state-wide literacy and reading education efforts; to substantially revise the "Georgia Early Literacy and Dyslexia Act"; 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. HB 1193 SCSFA (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 1193/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 49 2600/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 2653S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 49 2653S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Ctee Sub LC 49 2847S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0327 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Floor Amend 1A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #542 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 170–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #879 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #818 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Erwin — primary (person)
• Gerald Greene — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-04 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-12 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-19 Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-05 Act 391 executive-signature
• 2026-05-05 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f5a1c7f-b065-4abe-9250-c09956b0d256. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).