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type: "Bill"
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title: "Equalization Grants, Annual Calculations, and Allocation; the definition of the term \"qualified local school system\" by reducing the minimum required millage rate; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-165 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to equalization grants, annual calculations, and allocation, so as to revise the definition of the term \"qualified local school system\" by reducing the minimum required millage rate or effective millage rate from 14 mills to 10 mills; to provide for a 25 percent reduction of equalization grant awards for local school systems whose millage rate or effective millage rate does not meet the minimum requirement; to require annual reporting by the Department of Education; to repeal a definition; 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 44"
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citation: "Georgia SB 44 (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: ["Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Jason Anavitarte", "John F. Kennedy", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-28"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d365708d-1c69-46bc-8614-81933f084528"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8b308f41e637ab5a1f22917bff47d16bcb62384e79514b38ae8df917822bf396"
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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 44 (2025_26) — Equalization Grants, Annual Calculations, and Allocation; the definition of the term "qualified local school system" by reducing the minimum required millage rate; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-165 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to equalization grants, annual calculations, and allocation, so as to revise the definition of the term "qualified local school system" by reducing the minimum required millage rate or effective millage rate from 14 mills to 10 mills; to provide for a 25 percent reduction of equalization grant awards for local school systems whose millage rate or effective millage rate does not meet the minimum requirement; to require annual reporting by the Department of Education; to repeal a definition; 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/20252026/232471.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 49 2099** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230460.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 49 2224S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231759.pdf)
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4. **SB 44/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238132.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #51 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #336 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **138–23** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-28** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-10** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** 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 280 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/d365708d-1c69-46bc-8614-81933f084528`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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