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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to require that the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided by such student's previous school to the receiving school within five days; to reduce the number of days by which a parent or guardian of a transferring student shall receive copies of such records;to provide for evidence based youth violence prevention training programs; to provide for student violence prevention clubs; to provide for local policies for anonymous reporting; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 179"
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citation: "Georgia SB 179 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Clint Dixon", "Frank Ginn", "John F. Kennedy", "Randal Mangham", "Russ Goodman", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-13"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cea2d51a-8697-4097-b75e-456615d422b6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "701c41d5b2838dc929c60e346ad13f833611a2c57e8fef3c18a2c1216e613d88"
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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 179 (2025_26) — Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to require that the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided by such student's previous school to the receiving school within five days; to reduce the number of days by which a parent or guardian of a transferring student shall receive copies of such records;to provide for evidence based youth violence prevention training programs; to provide for student violence prevention clubs; to provide for local policies for anonymous reporting; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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/20252026/235430.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 49 2223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232539.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 49 2318S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234805.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235346.pdf)
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5. **LC 49 2411S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238672.pdf)
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6. **SB 179/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247229.pdf)
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7. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 62 0050** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245554.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #430 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #741 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **99–66** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #693 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–3** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #165 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **54–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Randal Mangham — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-13** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2026-03-23** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 625 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/cea2d51a-8697-4097-b75e-456615d422b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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