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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education generally, so as to provide for public forums at public institutions of higher education; to prevent the creation of \"free speech zones\" at public institutions of higher education; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ginny Ehrhart", "Joseph Gullett", "Josh Bonner", "Rick Williams", "Todd Jones", "Wes Cantrell"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-11-16"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a544b4d-4c12-4f18-9910-4640f1cb1753"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "86e36ea3e51388c294b2da27ca4209318871653c1009404c1b88b5f373a7372b"
+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 1 (2021_22) — Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education generally, so as to provide for public forums at public institutions of higher education; to prevent the creation of "free speech zones" at public institutions of higher education; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 1/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212173.pdf)
+2. **LC 49 0277/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196225.pdf)
+3. **LC 49 0277/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195477.pdf)
+4. **LC 49 0477S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199668.pdf)
+5. **LC 50 0337S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208513.pdf)
+6. **LC 50 0337S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205910.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **93–62** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
+- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
+- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
+- Rick Williams — primary (person)
+- Todd Jones — primary (person)
+- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-16** House Prefiled `introduction`
+- **2021-01-28** House Hopper
+- **2021-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2022-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-03-04** House Notice to Reconsider
+- **2022-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-03** Act 818 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a544b4d-4c12-4f18-9910-4640f1cb1753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+