HB 972 — Education; require written notice to parents and guardians of students in grades four through eight at least twice each school year stating whether such student has attained grade level reading proficiency
Congress · introduced 2026-01-16
Latest action: 01/16/2026 — House Second Readers
Sponsors
- Bryce Berry (D, GA-56) — sponsor · 2026-01-16
- Phil Olaleye (D, GA-59) — cosponsor · 2026-01-16
- Carmen Rice (R, GA-139) — cosponsor · 2026-01-16
- Tangie Herring (D, GA-145) — cosponsor · 2026-01-16
- Leesa Hagan (R, GA-156) — cosponsor · 2026-01-16
- Rick Townsend (R, GA-179) — cosponsor · 2026-01-16
Action timeline
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | Bryce Berry | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-16 | Leesa Hagan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-16 | Tangie Herring | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-16 | Phil Olaleye | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-16 | Carmen Rice | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-16 | Rick Townsend | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | 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 | Bryce Berry (D, state_lower GA-56) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Carmen Rice (R, state_lower GA-139) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Leesa Hagan (R, state_lower GA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Phil Olaleye (D, state_lower GA-59) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Rick Townsend (R, state_lower GA-179) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Tangie Herring (D, state_lower GA-145) | 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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- 2026-01-16 · cosponsored by Phil Olaleye (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-16 · cosponsored by Rick Townsend (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-16 · sponsored by Bryce Berry (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-16 · cosponsored by Tangie Herring (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-16 · cosponsored by Carmen Rice (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-16 · cosponsored by Leesa Hagan (cosponsor) · sponsorship