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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education; eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE Scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to provide for eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar relative to students who graduated from an ineligible high school or a home study program; to extend the period during which a student may receive a HOPE scholarship; to provide for requirements for continued eligibility for certain students; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 218"
+citation: "Georgia HB 218 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ginny Ehrhart", "Karen Mathiak", "Matthew Gambill", "Rick Jasperse", "Rick Williams", "Scott Holcomb"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/894f50b4-17ae-48f8-8d9d-5fc68ada2045"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "74978b2aa674cdb5afdb2782649ba74ba1463433d9ae0f2971532dbea3d3af82"
+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 218 (2019_20) — Education; eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE Scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to provide for eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar relative to students who graduated from an ineligible high school or a home study program; to extend the period during which a student may receive a HOPE scholarship; to provide for requirements for continued eligibility for certain students; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 218/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187070.pdf)
+2. **LC 39 2065/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180850.pdf)
+3. **LC 39 2175S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183816.pdf)
+4. **LC 39 2175S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183486.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
+- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
+- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+- Rick Williams — primary (person)
+- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-02** Act 132 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/894f50b4-17ae-48f8-8d9d-5fc68ada2045`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+