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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Medical scholarships; revise provisions relating to scholarships and loans"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 6 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical scholarships, so as to revise provisions relating to medical scholarships and loans; to revise provisions relating to the areas to be served as a condition of receiving a scholarship or loan; to revise provisions relating to immediate liability for repayment; to repeal a population act provision; to revise legislative purpose; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 998"
+citation: "Georgia HB 998 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Butch Parrish", "Chad Nimmer", "Matt Hatchett", "Rick Jasperse", "Sharon Cooper"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-02-17"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/462e82d7-4f37-4045-af67-10e4df57f77b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3bcd0e13e63d520f6d33d988dbfe7dd90dc8292239602d499720df341726900b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 998 (2013_14) — Medical scholarships; revise provisions relating to scholarships and loans
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 6 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical scholarships, so as to revise provisions relating to medical scholarships and loans; to revise provisions relating to the areas to be served as a condition of receiving a scholarship or loan; to revise provisions relating to immediate liability for repayment; to repeal a population act provision; to revise legislative purpose; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 998/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143795.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 5524/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139761.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 5558S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141578.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 5558S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141056.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **159–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
+- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
+- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-02-17** House Hopper
+- **2014-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-19** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2014-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-16** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-16** Act 539 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/462e82d7-4f37-4045-af67-10e4df57f77b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+