2025-2026 Regular Session
HB1302
Education and Workforce Strategy Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 34, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, labor and industrial relations, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for the reconstitution of the Office of Student Achievement as the Office of Education and Workforce Strategy; to provide for a combined Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Plan and Perkins State Plan; to provide for registered apprenticeship programs; to designate the Technical College System of Georgia as the state apprenticeship agency for the State of Georgia and provide for related authority and responsibilities; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 4, 2026 · House
Passage: House Vote #608
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
172 yea–2 nay · 1 not voting · 2 absent
March 18, 2026 · Senate
Shall The Ruling Of The Chair Be Sustained: Senate Vote #734
Passed
29 yea–16 nay · 6 not voting · 3 absent
March 18, 2026 · Senate
Motion For The Previous Question: Senate Vote #735
Passed
29 yea–19 nay · 3 not voting · 3 absent
March 18, 2026 · Senate
Passage: Senate Vote #736
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
48 yea–1 nay · 2 not voting · 3 absent
Committee referrals
March 6, 2026 · Senate
Higher Education
February 12, 2026 · House
Education
Instrument history
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State Effective Date 2026-07-01
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State Act 474
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House House Date Signed by Governor
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House House Passed/Adopted By Substitute View roll call
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House House Hopper