republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-192.md

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Bill	Top State for Talent Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to include specific references to programs included in the High-demand Career List published by the State Workforce Development Board with respect to the State Board of Education's minimum course of study in career education for students in grades six through 12; to amend Chapter 14 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Workforce Development Board, so as to provide for evaluation methodology, reports, and purpose; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 192	Georgia HB 192 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS	enacted	Lauren McDonald III Matt Dubnik Matthew Gambill Soo Hong Will Wade	2	15	2	2025-01-30	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/3ecddac9-5933-43f2-b377-b0631d1cdfb0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	55c241b46992e7f120a84dbd5029f84725429784866b06695a6898e755a00f4f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 192 (2025_26) — Top State for Talent Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to include specific references to programs included in the High-demand Career List published by the State Workforce Development Board with respect to the State Board of Education's minimum course of study in career education for students in grades six through 12; to amend Chapter 14 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Workforce Development Board, so as to provide for evaluation methodology, reports, and purpose; to provide for a short title; 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 192/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 49 2158-EC/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #61 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 155–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #322 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)
• Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
• Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
• Soo Hong — primary (person)
• Will Wade — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-12 Act 117 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ecddac9-5933-43f2-b377-b0631d1cdfb0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).