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type: "Bill"
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title: "'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act'; enact"
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 1"
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citation: "Georgia SB 1 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "MINORS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-13"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48a991bd-3b84-46ea-8139-0b770af9c36b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "057bb2a0ff93899efdfa9502759d323c6eb9fbf7d9cf67c66ec2bac145a3d252"
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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 SB 1 (2025_26) — 'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act'; enact
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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.
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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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231717.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 49 2089** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/229718.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 49 2184S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230897.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amend 2 AM 49 0216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231650.pdf)
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5. **Floor Amend 3A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231673.pdf)
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6. **Floor amend 1 AM 49 0217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231696.pdf)
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7. **Floor amend 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231668.pdf)
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8. **LC 49 2383S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237331.pdf)
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9. **SB 1/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238607.pdf)
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10. **Sen Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238435.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #373 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **34–20** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #350 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **100–64** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #24 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **18–34** (fail) · upper
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- Senate Vote #23 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **19–32** (fail) · upper
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- Senate Vote #26 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **35–17** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #372 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **17–37** (fail) · upper
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- Senate Vote #25 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **19–33** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Colton Moore — primary (person)
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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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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- **2025-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-28** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-28** Act 11 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/48a991bd-3b84-46ea-8139-0b770af9c36b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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