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type: "Bill"
title: "\"Charter Schools Act of 1998\"; completion charter schools; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the \"Charter Schools Act of 1998,\" so as to provide for completion charter schools; to provide for rules, regulations, policies, and procedures; to provide for the conversion of existing charter schools to completion charter schools; to provide for measurable objective performance standards; to provide for separate principles and standards for completion charter schools; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 369"
citation: "Georgia SB 369 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "MINORS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Esteves", "Matt Brass", "RaShaun Kemp", "Shawn Still"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-31"
last_action: "2026-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a56b0953-fdb6-4fbc-b583-cc8f8c548925"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "28fc1f2a6897867899cb0837c89a4884cdeb2bbc215b290d262a928ec87a2241"
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 369 (2025_26) — "Charter Schools Act of 1998"; completion charter schools; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," so as to provide for completion charter schools; to provide for rules, regulations, policies, and procedures; to provide for the conversion of existing charter schools to completion charter schools; to provide for measurable objective performance standards; to provide for separate principles and standards for completion charter schools; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242829.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 49 2344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238441.pdf)
3. **Committee Sub LC 49 2635S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242310.pdf)
4. **LC 49 2804S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246805.pdf)
5. **SB 369/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248652.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #551 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #920 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #784 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **151–6** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- RaShaun Kemp — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-31** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 504 `executive-signature`
- **2026-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a56b0953-fdb6-4fbc-b583-cc8f8c548925`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).