---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Student Finance Authority; student loan repayment for peace officers; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to provide for student loan repayment for peace officers; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility requirements; to provide for continued eligibility requirements; to provide for student loan repayment agreements and conditions; to provide for maximum student loan repayment amounts; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for appropriations contingency; 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 130"
citation: "Georgia HB 130 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Bill Werkheiser", "Eddie Lumsden", "J Collins", "Matthew Gambill", "Yasmin Neal"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e43cb2e-7d02-4948-9bdd-3633974650a2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dc7cf4dc29f221ad90288d3702c182d1f3d0aa34cd1e6745868110a62f051de0"
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 130 (2023_24) — Georgia Student Finance Authority; student loan repayment for peace officers; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to provide for student loan repayment for peace officers; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility requirements; to provide for continued eligibility requirements; to provide for student loan repayment agreements and conditions; to provide for maximum student loan repayment amounts; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for appropriations contingency; 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 130/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222992.pdf)
2. **LC 50 0445-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213098.pdf)
3. **LC 50 0536-ECS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216523.pdf)
4. **LC 50 0536-ECS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215974.pdf)
5. **Sen Ctee sub LC 50 0675S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221822.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #115 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #432 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #442 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- J Collins — primary (person)
- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Yasmin Neal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2024-01-08** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-06** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Act 514 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e43cb2e-7d02-4948-9bdd-3633974650a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).