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+type: "Bill"
+title: "HOPE Scholarship; procedure for students with disability as defined by the American with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver; establish"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility requirements for a HOPE scholarship, so as to establish a procedure for students with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver from certain HOPE scholarship and grant eligibility requirements; to provide for responsibilities of the Georgia Student Finance Commission; 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: "SB 187"
+citation: "Georgia SB 187 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Gloria Butler", "Larry Walker, III", "Lester Jackson", "Lindsey Tippins"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-16"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f939d671-e4cb-47bf-bec3-2d1d547ee596"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "30c2e531c947ec76a651e89565f0ed0eb5f5f3f626ecccdf021b3989e849cba6"
+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 SB 187 (2021_22) — HOPE Scholarship; procedure for students with disability as defined by the American with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver; establish
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility requirements for a HOPE scholarship, so as to establish a procedure for students with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver from certain HOPE scholarship and grant eligibility requirements; to provide for responsibilities of the Georgia Student Finance Commission; 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. **As introduced LC 49 0411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197707.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199542.pdf)
+3. **SB 187/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201323.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON RULES CALENDAR — **33–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
+- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
+- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
+- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-16** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-06** Act 229 `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/f939d671-e4cb-47bf-bec3-2d1d547ee596`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+