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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; high school that receive state funding cannot participate in athletic association which prohibits religious expression on clothing of student athletes"
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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 Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain programs and activities under the \"Quality Basic Education Act,\" so as to provide that high schools that receive state funding cannot participate in an athletic association which prohibits religious expression on the clothing of student athletes; to provide that high schools that receive state funding cannot participate in an athletic association which prohibits member schools from organizing and playing scrimmage matches, games, or other athletic competitions with nonmember schools; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 309"
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citation: "Georgia SB 309 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Charlie Bethel", "Hunter Hill", "JaNice VanNess", "Jeff Mullis", "Judson Hill", "Lindsey Tippins", "Renee Unterman", "Rick Jeffares", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-28"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c582ed-38ba-4ac5-9724-22521dcbde72"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cec9e13d1f23d2698d9f8271b6f1e93d42697338c573ddea37e78c0ef15b6469"
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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 309 (2015_16) — Education; high school that receive state funding cannot participate in athletic association which prohibits religious expression on clothing of student athletes
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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 Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain programs and activities under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that high schools that receive state funding cannot participate in an athletic association which prohibits religious expression on the clothing of student athletes; to provide that high schools that receive state funding cannot participate in an athletic association which prohibits member schools from organizing and playing scrimmage matches, games, or other athletic competitions with nonmember schools; 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 33 6374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155930.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157870.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 6470S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157213.pdf)
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4. **SB 309/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161047.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **39–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
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- JaNice VanNess — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-28** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 522 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/77c582ed-38ba-4ac5-9724-22521dcbde72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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