---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary education; limits on student loan forgiveness program; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 6A of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state veterinary education, so as to provide for limits on the student loan forgiveness program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 172"
citation: "Georgia HB 172 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "David Huddleston", "Jaclyn Ford", "Robert Dickey", "Spencer Frye"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f6d3b43-0b95-49a2-8860-5ca3cc896d3b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "64e2069ea29d4f77fc77b4944c24f584055f45ed23d3d8ac69ec50733428a767"
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 172 (2025_26) — Veterinary education; limits on student loan forgiveness program; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 6A of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state veterinary education, so as to provide for limits on the student loan forgiveness program; 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 172/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239287.pdf)
2. **LC 46 1037/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230653.pdf)
3. **LC 61 0124S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232387.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #82 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–4** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #457 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **43–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- Jaclyn Ford — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2025-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2025-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
- **2025-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
- **2025-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Act 119 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f6d3b43-0b95-49a2-8860-5ca3cc896d3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).