republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-538.md

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Bill	Georgia Early Literacy Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the "Georgia Early Literacy Act"; to require the State Board of Education to approve high-quality instructional materials to be used for teaching students in kindergarten through third grade; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 538	Georgia HB 538 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Becky Evans Bethany Ballard Carl Gilliard Chris Erwin Jan Jones Will Wade	7	18	3	2023-02-22	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c31cc2e9-bc12-486a-8ef0-f603c571df9b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	84d6fd873ddb52bbfab4f50ad88ff7e0e5e5a2e1a57a6aa904302bc1cfe121f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 538 (2023_24) — Georgia Early Literacy Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the "Georgia Early Literacy Act"; to require the State Board of Education to approve high-quality instructional materials to be used for teaching students in kindergarten through third grade; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for a short title; 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 538/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 49 1342/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 49 1410S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 1410S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 538 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 49 1427S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 49 0107 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #312 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #208 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 174–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #355 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Becky Evans — primary (person)
• Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
• Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
• Chris Erwin — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• Will Wade — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-22 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-02 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-27 Senate Tabled
• 2023-03-27 Senate Taken from Table
• 2023-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-13 Act 9 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c31cc2e9-bc12-486a-8ef0-f603c571df9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).