"Quality Basic Education Act"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to prohibit the disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates, campaign committees, political action committees, political organizations, or persons or groups acting on their behalf; to amend Article 15 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to miscellaneous offenses relative to elections and primaries; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions for government transparency and campaign finance; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 19, 2025
Signed May 14, 2025
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MINOR
The bill text shows formatting and structural changes between a House substitute version and the Senate passed version, primarily involving the removal of committee designation text and reformatting of section headers. The substantive policy content regarding student directory information restrictions and election-related provisions appears to remain unchanged in the visible portions of the diff.
TECHNICAL
Removed the House Committee on Education substitute designation text that appeared in the original version
Added Senate Bill 212 sponsor information listing Senators Still, Burns, Albers, Hodges, and Hickman
Reformatted section headers and page numbering from House substitute format to Senate passed format
Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2025 · House Mar 31, 2025
How they voted
33–18
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 55
Mar 6, 2025
D
Democratic22
77% Nay
R
Republican33
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Act 313
upper
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Engrossed
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Billy Hickman
RRepublican
P
John Albers
RRepublican
P
Max Burns
RRepublican
P
Mike Hodges
RRepublican
P
Shawn Still
RRepublican
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