---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOPE; need based HOPE scholarship and grant; create"
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 create a need based HOPE scholarship and grant; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 82"
citation: "Georgia SB 82 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Harbison", "Gail Davenport", "Lester Jackson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8db07e61-99a1-41b4-b92f-8a2cdf2492e6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3b4e819b444c157c62bb1675e615e6cf6c7e8373fb497b21456f755a3b6de8e7"
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 82 (2017_18) — HOPE; need based HOPE scholarship and grant; create

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 create a need based HOPE scholarship and grant; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for rules and regulations; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
- Lester Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Senate Hopper
- **2017-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 558 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8db07e61-99a1-41b4-b92f-8a2cdf2492e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).