Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, relating to compulsory attendance, so as to update and revise provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, relating to compulsory attendance, so as to update and revise provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; to provide that no student shall be expelled by a public school due solely to absenteeism;to provide for reporting requirements; to amend Code Section 20-4-141 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to establishment of pilot program, awarding of high school diploma
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Senate Hopper · Feb 6, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 10, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 18, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 19, 2025
Senate Third Read · Feb 26, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Feb 26, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 27, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 28, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 21, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 25, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 25, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · Apr 28, 2025
Act 16 · Apr 28, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
22
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Kennedy, John F.Hickman, BillyHatchett, BoGooch, SteveRobertson, RandyBeach, BrandonAlbers, JohnStrickland, BrianDixon, ClintStill, ShawnPayne, ChuckHufstetler, ChuckAnavitarte, JasonDolezal, GregAnderson, LeeBrass, MattHodges, MikeWatson, BenCowsert, BillEchols, DrewKirkpatrick, KayDubnik, Matt
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-25 · yea 160, nay 1, notVoting 10, excused 9
PASSAGESenate · 2025-02-26 · yea 54, nay 0, notVoting 0, excused 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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