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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Postsecondary education; exemption applicable to certain institutions operating on military installations or bases; revise provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions, so as to revise provisions regarding the exemption applicable to certain institutions operating on military installations or bases; to provide for biennial review of institutions rather than programs; to provide for awards of costs and reasonable attorney's fees in favor of the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission; to provide for alternative review of renewal applications by institutions in good standing with recognized accrediting agencies; to provide for filing a surety bond in the event of a change of ownership of an institution; to provide for the remittal of surety bonds; to provide for assessment of investigation costs incurred by the commission; to provide for a definition; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 152"
+citation: "Georgia HB 152 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clint Crowe", "Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower", "Matt Barton", "Micah Gravley", "Victor Anderson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-27"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85d835cd-9059-4a12-a17d-b516f70222c6"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b8ac1121e6b5ba7b0f74c2109ae1b4d6a8dae85c14e8585c55a276bc91992caf"
+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 152 (2021_22) — Postsecondary education; exemption applicable to certain institutions operating on military installations or bases; revise provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions, so as to revise provisions regarding the exemption applicable to certain institutions operating on military installations or bases; to provide for biennial review of institutions rather than programs; to provide for awards of costs and reasonable attorney's fees in favor of the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission; to provide for alternative review of renewal applications by institutions in good standing with recognized accrediting agencies; to provide for filing a surety bond in the event of a change of ownership of an institution; to provide for the remittal of surety bonds; to provide for assessment of investigation costs incurred by the commission; to provide for a definition; to provide for conforming changes; 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 152/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202033.pdf)
+2. **LC 49 0335/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196048.pdf)
+3. **LC 49 0370S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198988.pdf)
+4. **LC 49 0370S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198027.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
+- Matt Barton — primary (person)
+- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
+- Victor Anderson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-27** House Hopper
+- **2021-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-06** Act 230 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85d835cd-9059-4a12-a17d-b516f70222c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+