republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-1.md

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Bill	'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities 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 provide generally for competitively fair and safe student participation in middle school, high school, and college sports; to promote fair and safe competition; to provide for equal athletic opportunities and safety; to provide for specific designations of teams operated or sponsored by local school systems, public schools, participating private schools, and postsecondary educational institutions in this state; to prohibit males from participating in interscholastic and intercollegiate competitions on teams designated as female; to prohibit females from participating in competition on intercollegiate teams designated as male, subject to exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 1	Georgia SB 1 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION MINORS	enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Colton Moore Drew Echols Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Steve Gooch Timothy Bearden	10	16	7	2025-01-13	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/48a991bd-3b84-46ea-8139-0b770af9c36b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	057bb2a0ff93899efdfa9502759d323c6eb9fbf7d9cf67c66ec2bac145a3d252	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 1 (2025_26) — 'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities 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 provide generally for competitively fair and safe student participation in middle school, high school, and college sports; to promote fair and safe competition; to provide for equal athletic opportunities and safety; to provide for specific designations of teams operated or sponsored by local school systems, public schools, participating private schools, and postsecondary educational institutions in this state; to prohibit males from participating in interscholastic and intercollegiate competitions on teams designated as female; to prohibit females from participating in competition on intercollegiate teams designated as male, subject to exceptions; 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. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 49 2089 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 49 2184S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 2 AM 49 0216 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor Amend 3A (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor amend 1 AM 49 0217 (committee substitute) — source
7. Floor amend 3 (committee substitute) — source
8. LC 49 2383S/hss (committee substitute) — source
9. SB 1/AP* (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #373 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 34–20 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #350 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 100–64 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #24 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 18–34 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #23 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 19–32 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #26 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 35–17 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #372 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 17–37 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #25 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 19–33 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-02-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-02-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-31 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-28 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-28 Act 11 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48a991bd-3b84-46ea-8139-0b770af9c36b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).