republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-995.md

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Bill	Education; administration of a nationally recognized multiple-aptitude battery assessment that predicts success in the military to certain public school students; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 12 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to effectiveness of educational programs, so as to require the administration of a nationally recognized multiple-aptitude battery assessment that measures developed abilities and helps predict future academic and occupational success in the military to public school students in grades 11 and 12 who choose to participate; to prohibit the use of assessment results in education accountability programs; to provide for parents and guardians to opt their children out of participating in such assessments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 995	Georgia HB 995 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bethany Ballard Chas Cannon Josh Bonner Steven Sainz Will Wade	4	15	2	2024-01-23	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/65f2b6ff-6315-43d5-86bc-954ce6b0f3f1	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	05ea22a30f2b130e623504316f2e3046105cf70fc2aabcbd439f4c29314699a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 995 (2023_24) — Education; administration of a nationally recognized multiple-aptitude battery assessment that predicts success in the military to certain public school students; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 12 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to effectiveness of educational programs, so as to require the administration of a nationally recognized multiple-aptitude battery assessment that measures developed abilities and helps predict future academic and occupational success in the military to public school students in grades 11 and 12 who choose to participate; to prohibit the use of assessment results in education accountability programs; to provide for parents and guardians to opt their children out of participating in such assessments; to provide for related matters; 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. HB 995/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 49 1678/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 49 1743S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 1743S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #501 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 173–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #665 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 36–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
• Chas Cannon — primary (person)
• Josh Bonner — primary (person)
• Steven Sainz — primary (person)
• Will Wade — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-23 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-08 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-14 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-24 Act 487 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/65f2b6ff-6315-43d5-86bc-954ce6b0f3f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).