2025-2026 Regular Session
SB513
"Every Day Counts Act"; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 and Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education and drivers' licenses, respectively, so as to revise requirements for public school policies and procedures relative to student attendance; to provide for multi-tier supports and interventions; to revise provisions relative to attendance review teams; to provide for attendance intervention plans; to provide for consequences for chronically unexcused students, such as ineligibility for interscholastic and extracurricular activities and potential ineligibility to be issued an instruction permit or driver's license by the Department of Driver Services; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 26, 2026 · Senate
Passage: Senate Vote #596
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
46 yea–1 nay · 3 not voting · 5 absent
April 2, 2026 · House
Passage: House Vote #843
Failed ⭐ Substantive final action
80 yea–90 nay · 2 not voting · 4 absent
April 2, 2026 · House
Reconsider: House Vote #844
Passed
96 yea–75 nay · 2 not voting · 3 absent
Committee referrals
March 3, 2026 · House
Education
February 18, 2026 · Senate
Education and Youth
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House House Withdrawn, Recommitted
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House House Reconsidered
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House House Third Reading Lost
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House House Third Readers
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House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
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House House Second Readers
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House House First Readers
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Senate Senate Passed/Adopted View roll call
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Senate Senate Third Read
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Senate Senate Read Second Time
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Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
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Senate Senate Read and Referred
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Senate Senate Hopper