Education; enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; require
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-670 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosures and information required for permanent enrollment in a grade higher than third, provisional enrollment, and transfer of education records, so as to require the enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; to provide for reporting noncompliance and for corrective action plans; to revise provisions relative to provisional enrollment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Jan 28, 2026
Signed May 11, 2026
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MINOR
The bill text was updated to reflect its status as passed by the Senate, replacing the House substitute version. The changes are primarily technical, updating the bill title and removing references to the House committee's substitute version.
TECHNICAL
The bill header was changed from 'House Committee on Education offers the following substitute' to 'AS PASSED' with the full list of sponsoring Senators, indicating the bill has moved to the Senate floor for final consideration.
The label '(SUB)' was removed from the bill title, signifying that the House substitute version is no longer the active text being considered.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2026 · House Mar 31, 2026
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 51
Feb 6, 2026
D
Democratic20
85% Yea
R
Republican31
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
Act 494
upper
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 2, 2026
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bo Hatchett
RRepublican
P
Chuck Payne
RRepublican
P
Elena Parent
DDemocratic
P
Kay Kirkpatrick
RRepublican
P
Steve Gooch
RRepublican
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