# Georgia SB 152: "Georgia Promise Scholarship Act"; the biological or adopted children of individuals who are foster parents and who meet certain conditions shall qualify for promise scholarship accounts; provide

Georgia SB 152, "Georgia Promise Scholarship Act"; the biological or adopted children of individuals who are foster parents and who meet certain conditions shall qualify for promise scholarship accounts; provide, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by John Albers (Republican), Jason Anavitarte (Republican), Brandon Beach (Republican) and 12 others; status failed, last action 2025-04-04 (House Withdrawn, Recommitted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 152
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: "Georgia Promise Scholarship Act"; the biological or adopted children of individuals who are foster parents and who meet certain conditions shall qualify for promise scholarship accounts; provide
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-12
- Last action: 2025-04-04, House Withdrawn, Recommitted
- Sponsors: John Albers (Republican), Jason Anavitarte (Republican), Brandon Beach (Republican), Matt Brass (Republican), Bill Cowsert (Republican), Clint Dixon (Republican), Greg Dolezal (Republican), Steve Gooch (Republican), Marty Harbin (Republican), John F. Kennedy (Republican), Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican), Randy Robertson (Republican), Ed Setzler (Republican), Shawn Still (Republican), Ben Watson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Education, Education and Youth, General Bill
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (63 yes, 44 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Albers (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Jason Anavitarte (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Brandon Beach (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Matt Brass (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Bill Cowsert (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Clint Dixon (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Greg Dolezal (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Steve Gooch (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Marty Harbin (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: John F. Kennedy (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Randy Robertson (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Ed Setzler (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Shawn Still (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Ben Watson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rick Townsend (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-28 | Senate | MOTION TO ENGROSS | pass | 31 | 22 | 2 |
| 2025-02-28 | Senate | PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE | pass | 32 | 22 | 1 |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-04-04: House Withdrawn, Recommitted (House)
- 2025-04-02: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
- 2025-03-04: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-03-03: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-02-28: Senate Engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- LC 49 2402S/hss (v7): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238673)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- 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
- [LC 49 2402S/hss (v7) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238673)

## 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-SB152-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).