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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; awarding of high school diplomas to high school students who are at the end of life; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local boards of education, so as to provide for the awarding of high school diplomas to high school students who are at the end of life; to provide for waivers; to provide for posthumous awarding of such diplomas; to provide for policies, rules, and regulations; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1284"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1284 (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: ["Butch Parrish", "Chris Erwin", "Deborah Silcox", "Jon Burns", "Sandy Donatucci", "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: "2026-02-11"
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last_action: "2026-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1ac8414-42b4-43a3-91a4-b3ca881397fc"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4083185df1213ee2749e552b4f971a4972dc0f05eb6b87e0da76351efc422ff0"
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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 1284 (2025_26) — Education; awarding of high school diplomas to high school students who are at the end of life; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local boards of education, so as to provide for the awarding of high school diplomas to high school students who are at the end of life; to provide for waivers; to provide for posthumous awarding of such diplomas; to provide for policies, rules, and regulations; 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. **HB 1284/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248119.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 2612/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242383.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 2781S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244967.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 2781S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244457.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #854 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #606 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **26–22** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
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- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Sandy Donatucci — 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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- **2026-02-11** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-18** 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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- **2026-04-06** 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 397 `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/f1ac8414-42b4-43a3-91a4-b3ca881397fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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