---
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).