Some Georgia Republicans who sank an education voucher bill in 2023 aren't changing their minds

Lawmakers rush to their seats after the voting machines open in the House Chambers on Crossover Day morning, March 6, 2023. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

On the last day of Georgia’s 2023 legislative session, 16 mostly rural House Republicans defied pressure from Gov. Brian Kemp and conservative groups to defeat an education voucher plan.

Proponents have been lobbying since then to flip six votes to reverse the measure’s 89-85 loss, in which all other “no” votes came from Democrats.

But as Georgia lawmakers return Monday, some GOP naysayers haven’t budged.