republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-217.md

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Bill	Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Dual Achievement Program, so as to make the Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 217	Georgia HB 217 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION	enacted	Bethany Ballard Charles Martin Chris Erwin Soo Hong Will Wade	6	18	3	2025-02-03	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e5fbc6d5-8895-4f14-9ab9-cfb2ed3b4735	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1925f84ed087ee964cc2390c97e67598d23d3f5910b6e87e449618815e50fe58	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 217 (2025_26) — Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Dual Achievement Program, so as to make the Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program; 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 217/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 61 0078/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 61 0160S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 61 0210S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 61 0210S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 61 0014 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #260 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 169–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #323 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 44–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #414 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 143–22 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
• Charles Martin — primary (person)
• Chris Erwin — primary (person)
• Soo Hong — primary (person)
• Will Wade — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-03 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-26 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2025-03-06 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-10 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 As Amended passage
• 2025-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-28 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-28 Act 18 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5fbc6d5-8895-4f14-9ab9-cfb2ed3b4735. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).