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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Georgia Student Finance Authority; student loan repayment for peace officers; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to provide for student loan repayment for peace officers; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility requirements; to provide for continued eligibility requirements; to provide for student loan repayment agreements and conditions; to provide for maximum student loan repayment amounts; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for appropriations contingency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 130"
+citation: "Georgia HB 130 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Bill Werkheiser", "Eddie Lumsden", "J Collins", "Matthew Gambill", "Yasmin Neal"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-30"
+last_action: "2024-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e43cb2e-7d02-4948-9bdd-3633974650a2"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "dc7cf4dc29f221ad90288d3702c182d1f3d0aa34cd1e6745868110a62f051de0"
+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 130 (2023_24) — Georgia Student Finance Authority; student loan repayment for peace officers; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to provide for student loan repayment for peace officers; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility requirements; to provide for continued eligibility requirements; to provide for student loan repayment agreements and conditions; to provide for maximum student loan repayment amounts; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for appropriations contingency; 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 130/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222992.pdf)
+2. **LC 50 0445-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213098.pdf)
+3. **LC 50 0536-ECS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216523.pdf)
+4. **LC 50 0536-ECS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215974.pdf)
+5. **Sen Ctee sub LC 50 0675S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221822.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #115 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
+- House Vote #432 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #442 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
+- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
+- J Collins — primary (person)
+- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
+- Yasmin Neal — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-30** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
+- **2024-01-08** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2024-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-02-06** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-01** Act 514 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e43cb2e-7d02-4948-9bdd-3633974650a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+