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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education and Workforce Strategy Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 34, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, labor and industrial relations, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for the reconstitution of the Office of Student Achievement as the Office of Education and Workforce Strategy; to provide for a combined Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Plan and Perkins State Plan; to provide for registered apprenticeship programs; to designate the Technical College System of Georgia as the state apprenticeship agency for the State of Georgia and provide for related authority and responsibilities; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide 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 1302"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1302 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Devan Seabaugh", "Matt Dubnik", "Matthew Gambill", "Scott Hilton", "Will Wade"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2026-02-12"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35f84c68-8651-44fb-9efb-4443e74dc0b3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4fb81a91c1d5f35377764d2bacdc1baf12f0dd8a9067cc6f85e82256b2161ba9"
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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 1302 (2025_26) — Education and Workforce Strategy Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 34, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, labor and industrial relations, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for the reconstitution of the Office of Student Achievement as the Office of Education and Workforce Strategy; to provide for a combined Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Plan and Perkins State Plan; to provide for registered apprenticeship programs; to designate the Technical College System of Georgia as the state apprenticeship agency for the State of Georgia and provide for related authority and responsibilities; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide 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 1302/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246485.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 2638-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242572.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 2730-ECS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245001.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 2730-ECS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244455.pdf)
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5. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0312** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246392.pdf)
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6. **Sen Floor Amend 1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246395.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #734 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **29–16** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #735 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **29–19** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #608 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #736 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
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- Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
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- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
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- Will Wade — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-12** 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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- **2026-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 474 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/35f84c68-8651-44fb-9efb-4443e74dc0b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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