# Georgia HB 192: Top State for Talent Act; enact

Georgia HB 192, Top State for Talent Act; enact, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Matt Dubnik (Republican), Matthew Gambill (Republican), Soo Hong (Republican) and 2 others; status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Effective Date); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia HB 192
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Top State for Talent Act; enact
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Last action: 2025-07-01, Effective Date
- Sponsors: Matt Dubnik (Republican), Matthew Gambill (Republican), Soo Hong (Republican), Lauren McDonald III (Republican), Will Wade (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Education, Higher Education, General Bill
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (203 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 6

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Career classes connect students with employer credentials: benefit, low. Georgia’s required career curriculum for grades 6–12 must include career exploration and learning tied to the High-demand Career List. It must include rigorous industry credentialing when Georgia employers create or endorse it. State education agencies must develop and approve career program models…
- Colleges coordinate credit transfers for students: benefit, low. Georgia’s university and technical college systems, state education board, and local school boards are expected to coordinate college credit transfer policies. Transfer agreements can help students avoid repeating classes, but the law does not guarantee transfer of any particular course. Credit rep…
- Earlier college and career planning for students: benefit, low. Georgia public school students in grades 6–12 must receive counseling, career information, and reviews of career interests and job demand. Each student must create a college and career plan with a parent, guardian, or designee by eighth grade’s end. Plans guide ninth-grade scheduling, receive annua…
- Education funding follows job demand and results: benefit, low. Under the Governor’s direction, the State Workforce Development Board must work with state agencies on a data-based High-demand Career List. The Board must approve, submit, and publicly post it annually by December 31; state and local agencies must use it to guide education funding. The law also re…
- School reform grant requirements are removed: benefit, low. The law removes statutory requirements for chronically low-performing high schools that receive reform grants. The State Board of Education must adopt rules needed to carry out this part of the law. The text does not specify changes to student services or school funding.
- Schools lose former competitive grant program: cost, low. The law ends the former BRIDGE competitive grant program. Schools and other eligible groups can no longer receive awards through that program. This repeal does not state how much funding was previously available.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Matt Dubnik (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Matthew Gambill (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Soo Hong (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Lauren McDonald III (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Will Wade (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Drew Echols (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-28 | Senate | PASSAGE | pass | 48 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025-02-21 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 155 | 1 | 13 |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-07-01: Effective Date
- 2025-05-12: House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-05-12: Act 117
- 2025-04-10: House Sent to Governor (House)
- 2025-03-28: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-03-28: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-02-21: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-02-11: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-02-04: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-02-03: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-01-30: House Hopper (House)

## Bill text

- HB 192/AP* (v3): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238066)

## Related bills

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- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [HB 192/AP* (v3) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238066)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB192-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).