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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; employee comprehensive background checks for early care and education programs and Head Start programs; revise provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1A Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early care and learning, so as to revise provisions regarding employee comprehensive background checks for early care and education programs and Head Start programs; to provide for definitions; to provide for revocation and nonissuance of licenses and commissions for early care and education programs; 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 175"
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citation: "Georgia HB 175 (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: ["Chris Erwin", "David Wilkerson", "Katie Dempsey", "Matt Dubnik", "Todd Jones"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b8c4133-5a49-4d00-8fef-86a0e42a69fb"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6fa9544d7e18fb959980ddb51d4a1d0fbd12df161f16fd230cba494bd535bae7"
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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 175 (2025_26) — Education; employee comprehensive background checks for early care and education programs and Head Start programs; revise provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1A Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early care and learning, so as to revise provisions regarding employee comprehensive background checks for early care and education programs and Head Start programs; to provide for definitions; to provide for revocation and nonissuance of licenses and commissions for early care and education programs; 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 175/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237741.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 2064/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230682.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #176 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #298 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
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- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
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- Todd Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 175 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/1b8c4133-5a49-4d00-8fef-86a0e42a69fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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