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type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to authorize the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; to provide for the selection of third-party providers to administer the program; to provide requirements for approved program providers; to provide for disbursement of funds to approved program providers; to provide for reporting; to provide for definitions; 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: "SB 193"
citation: "Georgia SB 193 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Brandon Beach", "Brian Strickland", "Ed Harbison", "John Albers", "Matt Brass", "Randy Robertson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e885c56-7119-483e-99f7-f995f2837681"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a50adb1c2eaf8bc5d2ad3a20259b04c50949efe6c169a0d1ff46d2427e9ee2de"
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 SB 193 (2025_26) — State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to authorize the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; to provide for the selection of third-party providers to administer the program; to provide requirements for approved program providers; to provide for disbursement of funds to approved program providers; to provide for reporting; to provide for definitions; 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 Introduced LC 61 0132** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232735.pdf)
2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235042.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 61 0180S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233851.pdf)
4. **LC 61 0181S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236203.pdf)
5. **SB 193/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239591.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #139 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #474 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #303 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **159–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-18** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-28** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Act 20 `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/1e885c56-7119-483e-99f7-f995f2837681`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).