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type: "Bill"
title: "Education; private postsecondary institutions in Georgia shall not adopt sanctuary policies; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions, so as to provide definitions; to provide that private postsecondary institutions in this state shall not adopt sanctuary policies; to provide for penalties for violations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Georgia HB 37 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Williams", "Earl Ehrhart", "Greg Morris", "Jesse Petrea", "Terry England"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5585a00e-697e-4963-ab62-10df1cf3f688"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4061be5d8c2a636cd177a4169d200547953fa172429bb65f9c4e4e6559fd19f3"
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 37 (2017_18) — Education; private postsecondary institutions in Georgia shall not adopt sanctuary policies; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions, so as to provide definitions; to provide that private postsecondary institutions in this state shall not adopt sanctuary policies; to provide for penalties for violations; 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.
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **112–57** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
- Greg Morris — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-11** House Hopper
- **2017-01-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Act 28 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5585a00e-697e-4963-ab62-10df1cf3f688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).