---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOPE; revise amount of grants; equal student's cost of tuition"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519.5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility requirements for HOPE grants, so as to revise the amount of HOPE grants; 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 697"
citation: "Georgia HB 697 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Chad Nimmer", "Earl Ehrhart", "Lynne Riley", "Stacey Abrams", "Stacey Evans"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-11-15"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8605aef-97f6-4523-b935-c6480b912d59"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fa17f2c48ac190b40b9a036d55d57a39529876784b873fc5747b4e372bdb125b"
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 697 (2013_14) — HOPE; revise amount of grants; equal student's cost of tuition

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519.5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility requirements for HOPE grants, so as to revise the amount of HOPE grants; 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 697/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144805.pdf)
2. **LC 33 5264/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137345.pdf)
3. **LC 33 5264/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137250.pdf)
4. **LC 33 5447ER-ECS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140363.pdf)
5. **LC 33 5447ER-ECS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139609.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 0232S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142895.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **172–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
- Lynne Riley — primary (person)
- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
- Stacey Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-11-15** House Prefiled `introduction`
- **2014-01-13** House Hopper
- **2014-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-29** Act 636 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8605aef-97f6-4523-b935-c6480b912d59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).