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SB515 Senate Bill
Passed
2026-03-06

"Quality Basic Education Act"; grants for educational programs; provisions relative to the teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 9 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grants for educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to revise and streamline provisions relative to the teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program; to provide for definitions; to amend Code Section 48-7-29.23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax credits for teachers in the teacher recruitment and retention program, so as to provide for tax credit amounts; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Bill Details

State

Georgia

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73243

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Sponsors

Billy Hickman (Sen - R)
Chuck Payne (Sen - R)
Bo Hatchett (Sen - R)
Elena Parent (Sen - D)
Clint Dixon (Sen - R)
Carmen Rice (Rep - R)

Action History

2026-03-31 H House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-31 H House Third Readers
2026-03-25 H House Committee Favorably Reported
2026-03-10 H House Second Readers
2026-03-09 H House First Readers
2026-03-06 S Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-06 S Senate Third Read
2026-03-06 S Senate Taken from Table
2026-03-06 S Senate Tabled
2026-03-06 S Senate Engrossed
2026-03-04 S Senate Read Second Time
2026-03-03 S Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-02-18 S Senate Read and Referred
2026-02-17 S Senate Hopper

Votes

2026-03-06 Motion To Engross: Sb 423, Sb 515, Sb 566, Sb 568, Sb 573, Sr 838: Senate Vote #640 Yea: 32 Nay: 22
2026-03-06 Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #670 Yea: 49 Nay: 1
2026-03-31 Passage: House Vote #794 Yea: 158 Nay: 9

Committee Referrals

2026-02-18 S Finance
2026-03-09 H Education

Bill Text Versions

2026-02-18 Introduced
2026-03-03 Comm Sub
2026-03-06 Engrossed
2026-03-31 Introduced

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