Quality Basic Education Act; local boards shall be authorized to provide instruction in hunting safety in grades six through 12; provide
Summary
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 other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that local boards of education shall be authorized to provide instruction in hunting safety in grades six through 12; to provide for the adoption of content standards by the State Board of Education; to provide that local boards of education may establish a curriculum in hunting safety; to provide for instructor requirements; to provide legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2025
Last action Mar 27, 2026
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The bill was amended to replace the original House Committee substitute with a new committee substitute version, updating the bill title and sponsor information. This change reflects procedural updates to the legislative text rather than substantive policy modifications.
TECHNICAL
Updated bill header from 'The House Committee on Game, Fish and Parks offers the following substitute to HB 451' to 'House Bill 451 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)' with revised sponsor attribution
Floor votes · Senate Mar 27, 2026 · House Mar 6, 2025
How they voted
30–14
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 47
Mar 27, 2026
D
Democratic18
77% Nay
R
Republican29
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Mar 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Mar 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Senate Recommitted
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Committee
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chas Cannon
RRepublican
P
Chris Erwin
RRepublican
P
John Corbett
RRepublican
P
Matt Dubnik
RRepublican
P
Trey Rhodes
RRepublican
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