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type: "Bill"
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title: "Quality Basic Education Act; students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; include provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to educational programs under the \"Quality Basic Education Act,\" so as to include provisions for students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; to revise a short title; to repeal Code Section 20-2-159.6, relating to screening for dyslexia and related disorders, training and professional development, pilot program evaluating early intervention, and data reporting; to amend Code Section 20-1-44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to duties and authority relative to the Georgia Council on Literacy, so as to make conforming changes; 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 307"
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citation: "Georgia HB 307 (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: ["Bethany Ballard", "Carmen Rice", "Chris Erwin", "Jan Jones", "John Corbett", "Matt Dubnik"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-06"
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last_action: "2025-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc1de6fb-5187-469d-884f-850a0a018933"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2f76c139e2c3e5e03c589870a26101fb64b9d06faea08109c8ba99c22fba5a5d"
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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 307 (2025_26) — Quality Basic Education Act; students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; include provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to include provisions for students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; to revise a short title; to repeal Code Section 20-2-159.6, relating to screening for dyslexia and related disorders, training and professional development, pilot program evaluating early intervention, and data reporting; to amend Code Section 20-1-44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to duties and authority relative to the Georgia Council on Literacy, so as to make conforming changes; 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 307/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238528.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 2139/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231614.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 2276S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233789.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 2309S/RCS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234582.pdf)
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5. **LC 49 2309S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234281.pdf)
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6. **Sen Ctee sub LC 49 2352S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236673.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #357 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #302 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #113 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
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- Carmen Rice — primary (person)
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- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-25** 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 By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-28** Act 13 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-28** 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/cc1de6fb-5187-469d-884f-850a0a018933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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