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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Quality Basic Education Act\"; local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions under the \"Quality Basic Education Act,\" so as to require that local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; to provide for notice requirements; to prohibit additional qualifications; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; 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 63"
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citation: "Georgia SB 63 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "MINORS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Bo Hatchett", "Clint Dixon", "Ed Setzler", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "Kim Jackson", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee9286a4-73f5-4384-bb20-66b7247ffabc"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7abff47c81e0eaab4cbebb17c3e9db121334c190f5c3e269e6b603ebb02c60aa"
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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 63 (2025_26) — "Quality Basic Education Act"; local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require that local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; to provide for notice requirements; to prohibit additional qualifications; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; 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 Introduced LC 61 0062** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230753.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235218.pdf)
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3. **Floor Amend 1 AM 61 0004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235167.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 2368S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236850.pdf)
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5. **SB 63/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239434.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #152 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #319 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #448 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** 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 360 `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/ee9286a4-73f5-4384-bb20-66b7247ffabc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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