---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education; allow academically successful students to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility"
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 and award amount, to allow academically successful students who are concurrently seeking a baccalaureate degree and a first professional degree to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility; to allow academically successful students who commence a graduate program at an eligible postsecondary institution within 18 months of earning a baccalaureate degree to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility; 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 1231"
citation: "Georgia HB 1231 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Holcomb"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1489d2f3-9ca7-49c8-8cef-7e20ffe23278"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f71e317784e3e6a26dead26531eb81bd75b35376c3c5d2d545febba200e7c973"
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 1231 (2023_24) — Postsecondary education; allow academically successful students to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility

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 and award amount, to allow academically successful students who are concurrently seeking a baccalaureate degree and a first professional degree to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility; to allow academically successful students who commence a graduate program at an eligible postsecondary institution within 18 months of earning a baccalaureate degree to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility; 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 1231/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229548.pdf)
2. **LC 49 1691/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223689.pdf)
3. **LC 49 1843S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226051.pdf)
4. **LC 49 1843S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225318.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HB 1231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229048.pdf)
6. **Sen Ctee sub LC 49 1927S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228237.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 50 0082** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228897.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #879 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #816 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #597 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2024-03-26** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-07** Veto V8 `executive-veto`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1489d2f3-9ca7-49c8-8cef-7e20ffe23278`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).