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type: "Bill"
title: "Top State for Talent Act; enact"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 192"
citation: "Georgia HB 192 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lauren McDonald III", "Matt Dubnik", "Matthew Gambill", "Soo Hong", "Will Wade"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ecddac9-5933-43f2-b377-b0631d1cdfb0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "55c241b46992e7f120a84dbd5029f84725429784866b06695a6898e755a00f4f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238066.pdf)
2. **LC 49 2158-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230769.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ecddac9-5933-43f2-b377-b0631d1cdfb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).