Education; vision and hearing screening for all public school students enrolled in pre-kindergarten through third grade; require
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health of students, so as to require vision and hearing screening for all public school students enrolled in pre-kindergarten through third grade; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2026
Last action Mar 6, 2026
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Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2026
How they voted
147–1
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 151
Mar 4, 2026
D
Democratic64
96% Yea
R
Republican87
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 6, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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