Substantive final action

SB515

Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #670

"Quality Basic Education Act"; grants for educational programs; provisions relative to the teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program; revise

Passed Senate March 6, 2026⭐ Substantive final action

49Yea

1Nay

2Not voting

3Absent

Group legislators by

Yea (49)

Jason Anavitarte R

Lee Anderson R

Tonya Anderson D

Timothy Bearden R

Matt Brass R

Max Burns R

Bill Cowsert R

Gail Davenport D

Jason T. Dickerson R

Clint Dixon R

Greg Dolezal R

Drew Echols R

Frank Ginn R

Steve Gooch R

Russ Goodman R

Marty Harbin R

Ed Harbison D

Sally Harrell D

Billy Hickman R

Mike Hodges R

Jaha Howard D

Chuck Hufstetler R

Nabilah Islam Parkes D

Kim Jackson D

Donzella James D

Emanuel Jones D

RaShaun Kemp D

Kay Kirkpatrick R

David Lucas D

Derek Mallow D

Randal Mangham D

Josh McLaurin D

Steven McNeel R

Nikki Merritt D

Nan Orrock D

Elena Parent D

Chuck Payne R

Sheikh Rahman D

Michael Rhett D

Randy Robertson R

Ed Setzler R

Freddie Sims D

Shawn Still R

Brian Strickland R

Carden Summers R

Larry Walker R

Ben Watson R

Kenya Wicks D

Ricky Williams R

Nay (1)

John Albers R

Not Voting (2)

Harold Jones D

Blake Tillery R

Absent (3)

Sonya Halpern D

Bo Hatchett R

Sam Watson R

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Source provenance

LegiScan roll-call ID: 1656696
LegiScan bill ID: 2118594
Session ID: 2167
Individual records rendered: 55
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/vote/1656696.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00
Final-action classification: Matched this state's reviewed final-vote patterns.