---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tuition Equalization Grants at Private Colleges and Universities; definition of approved school; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to revise the definition of approved school; 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: "SB 149"
citation: "Georgia SB 149 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Clint Dixon", "Max Burns", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93d8391e-4fc0-458d-8a96-d04843b67151"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a37aa5a4b62133204750aa3990d285ef7f97bcfe26d87e7da4db3887432b8250"
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 149 (2025_26) — Tuition Equalization Grants at Private Colleges and Universities; definition of approved school; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to revise the definition of approved school; 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 2116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232184.pdf)
2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235493.pdf)
3. **SB 149/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237418.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #180 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–4** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #304 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **162–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Act 21 `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/93d8391e-4fc0-458d-8a96-d04843b67151`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).