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type: "Bill"
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title: "Foreign Funding Transparency and Accountability Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require semiannual reports from institutions of the University System of Georgia, units of the Technical College System of Georgia, and local school systems and other public schools regarding funding received from foreign sources; to provide requirements for such reports; to provide for such reports to be made publicly available; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for effective dates; 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 1379"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1379 (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: ["Brent Cox", "Esther Panitch", "Houston Gaines", "John Carson", "Tim Fleming"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-18"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d74aeac2-453b-4c71-9418-67eb08230a34"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "da051278e6f13a63cf6f3a6b5f5cfff59429b211cae5848f51e9d99814d2a4c9"
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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 1379 (2025_26) — Foreign Funding Transparency and Accountability Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require semiannual reports from institutions of the University System of Georgia, units of the Technical College System of Georgia, and local school systems and other public schools regarding funding received from foreign sources; to provide requirements for such reports; to provide for such reports to be made publicly available; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for effective dates; 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 1379/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246486.pdf)
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2. **LC 61 0319/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243134.pdf)
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3. **LC 61 0442S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245150.pdf)
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4. **LC 61 0442S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244601.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #737 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **31–20** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #648 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **139–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brent Cox — primary (person)
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- Esther Panitch — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- John Carson — primary (person)
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- Tim Fleming — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-18** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-03** 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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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 632 `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/d74aeac2-453b-4c71-9418-67eb08230a34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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