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type: "Bill"
title: "Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 217"
citation: "Georgia HB 217 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "Charles Martin", "Chris Erwin", "Soo Hong", "Will Wade"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5fbc6d5-8895-4f14-9ab9-cfb2ed3b4735"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1925f84ed087ee964cc2390c97e67598d23d3f5910b6e87e449618815e50fe58"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239321.pdf)
2. **LC 61 0078/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230920.pdf)
3. **LC 61 0160S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233375.pdf)
4. **LC 61 0210S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235665.pdf)
5. **LC 61 0210S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235339.pdf)
6. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 61 0014** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238061.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5fbc6d5-8895-4f14-9ab9-cfb2ed3b4735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).