---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education generally, so as to provide for public forums at public institutions of higher education; to prevent the creation of \"free speech zones\" at public institutions of higher education; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1"
citation: "Georgia HB 1 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ginny Ehrhart", "Joseph Gullett", "Josh Bonner", "Rick Williams", "Todd Jones", "Wes Cantrell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-16"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a544b4d-4c12-4f18-9910-4640f1cb1753"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "86e36ea3e51388c294b2da27ca4209318871653c1009404c1b88b5f373a7372b"
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 1 (2021_22) — Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education generally, so as to provide for public forums at public institutions of higher education; to prevent the creation of "free speech zones" at public institutions of higher education; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 1/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212173.pdf)
2. **LC 49 0277/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196225.pdf)
3. **LC 49 0277/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195477.pdf)
4. **LC 49 0477S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199668.pdf)
5. **LC 50 0337S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208513.pdf)
6. **LC 50 0337S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205910.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **93–62** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-16** House Prefiled `introduction`
- **2021-01-28** House Hopper
- **2021-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2022-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-04** House Notice to Reconsider
- **2022-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
- **2022-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-03** Act 818 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a544b4d-4c12-4f18-9910-4640f1cb1753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).