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type: "Bill"
title: "Education; nonlapsing revenue of institutions of the University System of Georgia and units of the Technical College System of Georgia; extend automatic repeals"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to extend automatic repeals of certain provisions regarding nonlapsing revenue of institutions of the University System of Georgia and units of the Technical College System of Georgia; to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to extend automatic repeals of certain provisions regarding writing off small amounts due to the state; 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 432"
citation: "Georgia SB 432 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Bo Hatchett", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "Frank Ginn", "Harold Jones II", "Jason Anavitarte", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Max Burns", "Nan Orrock", "Randy Robertson", "Shawn Still", "Sonya Halpern"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29eef9bb-8e6a-4991-9d9e-f54ddd18a10b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9161bb88a4ed1fed0a91164e5166cd7529be98ef9451a34d709b3e30fc6c36ac"
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 432 (2025_26) — Education; nonlapsing revenue of institutions of the University System of Georgia and units of the Technical College System of Georgia; extend automatic repeals
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to extend automatic repeals of certain provisions regarding nonlapsing revenue of institutions of the University System of Georgia and units of the Technical College System of Georgia; to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to extend automatic repeals of certain provisions regarding writing off small amounts due to the state; 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 Introduced LC 61 0304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240609.pdf)
2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243032.pdf)
3. **Committee Sub LC 61 0395S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242457.pdf)
4. **SB 432/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246162.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #554 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #707 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #553 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **30–21** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-28** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 471 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29eef9bb-8e6a-4991-9d9e-f54ddd18a10b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).