# Georgia SB 82: "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact

Georgia SB 82, "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jason Anavitarte (Republican), Matt Brass (Republican), Clint Dixon (Republican) and 4 others; status signed, last action 2025-04-28 (Senate Date Signed by Governor) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 82
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-03
- Last action: 2025-04-28, Senate Date Signed by Governor
- Sponsors: Jason Anavitarte (Republican), Matt Brass (Republican), Clint Dixon (Republican), Steve Gooch (Republican), Bo Hatchett (Republican), Chuck Payne (Republican), Shawn Still (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Education, Education and Youth, General Bill
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (195 yes, 81 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Public Charter Decisions and School Board Support: benefit, low. Local boards must explain charter petition denials in writing within 20 business days. They must send the explanation to the petitioner, State Board of Education, and Office of Charter School Compliance. It must cover reasons, legal deficiencies, school-choice access, and nearby schools’ academic p…
- Simpler Conversion Process for System Charter Schools: benefit, low. Georgia system charter schools seeking conversion charter status are exempt from the usual conversion-petition procedures. This includes the conversion-consent rules for staff and parents. The exemption changes the school’s approval process, not household payments.
- School Systems Face Charter Renewal Limits: cost, medium. School systems face limits on renewing charter-system status or strategic waivers after repeated local charter denials followed by state approvals. For systems with 10,000–60,000 students, the trigger is at least two petitions during the same contract term. For systems above 60,000 students, it is…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jason Anavitarte (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Matt Brass (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Clint Dixon (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Steve Gooch (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Bo Hatchett (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Chuck Payne (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Shawn Still (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Scott Hilton (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-04 | Senate | AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE | pass | 44 | 10 | 1 |
| 2025-03-31 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 107 | 62 | 3 |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE | pass | 44 | 9 | 1 |

## Actions (16)

- 2025-04-28: Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-28: Act 15
- 2025-04-28: Effective Date
- 2025-04-10: Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-31: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
- 2025-03-21: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
- 2025-03-11: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-03-10: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- SB 82/AP* (v9): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239453)

## 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
- [SB 82/AP* (v9) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239453)

## 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-SB82-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).