HB 1114 Georgia House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Quality Basic Education Act; allow for students in ninth and tenth grade to complete the high school graduation financial literacy course requirement

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to allow for students in ninth and tenth grade to complete the high school graduation financial literacy course requirement; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 29, 2026 Last action Apr 2, 2026

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What changed between versions

LC 49 2623S/hs → LC 49 2623S/hcs · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a committee substitute draft to a final committee substitute version, removing the introductory committee statement and standardizing the page headers. No substantive policy changes, such as new requirements, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria, were identified in the provided text.

TECHNICAL

Removed the introductory sentence identifying the House Committee on Education as the sponsor of the substitute bill.

Added a title block listing the specific representatives (Yearta, Dubnik, Erwin, Wade, and Paris) who authored the bill.

Corrected a date typo in the text, changing '2024-2025 2026-2027' to '2026-2027'.

Standardized the page numbering and header formatting throughout the document.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 2, 2026 · House Mar 6, 2026

How they voted

39–4

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 47

Apr 2, 2026

D Democratic18

16 Yea 2

88% Yea

R Republican29

23 Yea 4 Nay 2

79% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute

upper

Mar 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Senate Read and Referred

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Passed/Adopted By Substitute

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Introduced

House Hopper

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors