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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Quality Basic Education Act\"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to other educational programs under the \"Quality Basic Education Act,\" so as to prohibit the disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates, campaign committees, political action committees, political organizations, or persons or groups acting on their behalf; to amend Article 15 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to miscellaneous offenses relative to elections and primaries; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions for government transparency and campaign finance; to provide for related matters; to provide 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: "SB 212"
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citation: "Georgia SB 212 (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: ["Billy Hickman", "John Albers", "Max Burns", "Mike Hodges", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-05-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac954b9c-527e-4ac9-b27c-9e705c2313d8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "41be9c5dac9fd13a3cbd653960ffae3cd5eecafbf7540cbf91d16f0692fbcf3c"
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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 212 (2025_26) — "Quality Basic Education Act"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to prohibit the disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates, campaign committees, political action committees, political organizations, or persons or groups acting on their behalf; to amend Article 15 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to miscellaneous offenses relative to elections and primaries; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions for government transparency and campaign finance; to provide for related matters; to provide 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235672.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 47 9002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232995.pdf)
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3. **LC 47 3473S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237328.pdf)
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4. **SB 212/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239124.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #161 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **32–20** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #218 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **33–19** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #416 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #363 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **98–66** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `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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- **2025-03-25** 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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- **2025-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 313 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** 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/ac954b9c-527e-4ac9-b27c-9e705c2313d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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