Education; accumulated sick leave days teachers and other school personnel may take each school year for personal or professional reasons; increase
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sick, personal, and maternity leave for teachers and other school personnel, so as to increase from three to five the number of accumulated sick leave days teachers and other school personnel may take each school year for personal or professional reasons; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 16, 2026
Last action Jan 29, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Jan 27, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Jan 16, 2026
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
16 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Billy Hickman
RRepublican
P
Bo Hatchett
RRepublican
P
Chuck Payne
RRepublican
P
Clint Dixon
RRepublican
P
Donzella James
DDemocratic
P
Ed Harbison
DDemocratic
P
Ed Setzler
RRepublican
P
Elena Parent
DDemocratic
P
Freddie Sims
DDemocratic
P
Greg Dolezal
RRepublican
P
Jason Anavitarte
RRepublican
P
Larry Walker
RRepublican
P
RaShaun Kemp
DDemocratic
P
Shawn Still
RRepublican
P
Sonya Halpern
DDemocratic
P
Tim Bearden
RRepublican
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