---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOPE; grant at technical college or university institutions; revise eligibility"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to revise eligibility for a HOPE grant at a technical college or university institution; to revise a provision relating to the submission of an annual request for funding for the Technical College System of Georgia; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 372"
citation: "Georgia HB 372 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Chad Nimmer", "Charlie Bethel", "Christian Coomer", "Earl Ehrhart", "Matt Hatchett", "Stacey Evans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a42b778f-3d45-457e-8d35-aabce86ebf12"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "045109f4183110507cb13780e177417101eec6f309781723066eea05f528b6e2"
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 372 (2013_14) — HOPE; grant at technical college or university institutions; revise eligibility

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to revise eligibility for a HOPE grant at a technical college or university institution; to revise a provision relating to the submission of an annual request for funding for the Technical College System of Georgia; 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 372/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137012.pdf)
2. **LC 33 5051-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131068.pdf)
3. **LC 34 3805S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133667.pdf)
4. **LC 34 3805S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132948.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 0092S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134983.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **169–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Stacey Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-14** House Hopper
- **2013-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 38 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a42b778f-3d45-457e-8d35-aabce86ebf12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).