---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; needs based financial aid program; include eligibility for students with a financial aid gap"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2A of Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the needs based financial aid program, so as to include eligibility for students with a financial aid gap; to provide for evaluation; to provide for related matters; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1435"
citation: "Georgia HB 1435 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "Gerald Greene", "Houston Gaines", "Jan Jones", "John LaHood", "Lauren McDonald"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fa59f0a-5188-42da-84d2-7a96032ab0b5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e52ddc5f19ec148944c0e0649dd46b5e3789e3ed9618369c4a4814753e0d2108"
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 1435 (2021_22) — Education; needs based financial aid program; include eligibility for students with a financial aid gap

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2A of Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the needs based financial aid program, so as to include eligibility for students with a financial aid gap; to provide for evaluation; to provide for related matters; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for an effective date; 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 1435/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212208.pdf)
2. **LC 50 0360/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207527.pdf)
3. **LC 50 0377S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209331.pdf)
4. **LC 50 0377S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208925.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 50 0402S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210967.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **171–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- John LaHood — primary (person)
- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-24** House Hopper
- **2022-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
- **2022-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-29** Act 725 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fa59f0a-5188-42da-84d2-7a96032ab0b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).