---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOPE; home study students regarding scores on standardized college admission test; revise requirements"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to revise requirements for home study students regarding scores on a standardized college admission test; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 810"
citation: "Georgia HB 810 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen Peake", "John Pezold", "Joyce Chandler", "Matt Ramsey", "Sam Teasley", "Valerie Clark"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-22"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74a51cc9-a210-4338-b5d2-419a4917d3c2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5234fb36e0bb4b278f0c161b7e198bee2e3a691d355c77ac6067154dcf35d6af"
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 810 (2013_14) — HOPE; home study students regarding scores on standardized college admission test; revise requirements

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to revise requirements for home study students regarding scores on a standardized college admission test; 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 810/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144455.pdf)
2. **LC 33 5353/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137904.pdf)
3. **LC 33 5482S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141670.pdf)
4. **LC 33 5482S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141208.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen Peake — primary (person)
- John Pezold — primary (person)
- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
- Sam Teasley — primary (person)
- Valerie Clark — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-22** House Hopper
- **2014-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-22** Act 587 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74a51cc9-a210-4338-b5d2-419a4917d3c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).