HB 971 — Quality Basic Education Act; home study students and private school students to enroll in college and career academies located in certain RESA service areas and adjacent local school systems; provide
Congress · introduced 2026-03-31
Latest action: 03/31/2026 — Senate Tabled
Sponsors
- Rick Townsend (R, GA-179) — sponsor · 2026-03-31
- Todd Jones (R, GA-25) — cosponsor · 2026-03-31
- Buddy DeLoach (R, GA-167) — cosponsor · 2026-03-31
- Lynn Smith (R, GA-70) — cosponsor · 2026-03-31
- Mitchell Horner (R, GA-3) — cosponsor · 2026-03-31
- Angie O'Steen (R, GA-169) — cosponsor · 2026-03-31
Action timeline
- · house — House Hopper
- · house — House First Readers
- · house — House Second Readers
- · house — House Committee Favorably Reported
- · house — House Passed/Adopted
- · house — House Third Readers
- · house — Senate Read and Referred
- · house — Senate Committee Favorably Reported
- · house — Senate Read Second Time
- · house — Senate Tabled
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | Buddy DeLoach | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-03-31 | Mitchell Horner | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-03-31 | Todd Jones | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-03-31 | Angie O'Steen | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-03-31 | Lynn Smith | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-03-31 | Rick Townsend | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Townsend (R, state_lower GA-179) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Angie O'Steen (R, state_lower GA-169) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Buddy DeLoach (R, state_lower GA-167) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Lynn Smith (R, state_lower GA-70) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Mitchell Horner (R, state_lower GA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Todd Jones (R, state_lower GA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-03-31 · sponsored by Rick Townsend (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-03-31 · cosponsored by Lynn Smith (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-03-31 · cosponsored by Todd Jones (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-03-31 · cosponsored by Angie O'Steen (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-03-31 · cosponsored by Mitchell Horner (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-03-31 · cosponsored by Buddy DeLoach (cosponsor) · sponsorship