---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; agents and agent's permits; to repeal definitions of such terms; provisions; remove"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions, so as to remove provisions related to agents and agent's permits; to repeal definitions of such terms; to provide for new exemptions from applicability of the part relating to certain programs for industry-specific certifications and certain short courses; to provide for expanded exemption from applicability of the part for certain programs where students obtain occupational training through employment experience; to remove bonding requirements for authorized institutions; to revise Tuition Guaranty Trust Fund participation requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 333"
citation: "Georgia SB 333 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Carden Summers", "John Albers", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/786a150a-6570-4713-91a7-9f52fe91c341"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4740ca53711d8fc0033302a08e6784321da522ed78a8e5b7f69123e13318dfe2"
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 333 (2021_22) — Education; agents and agent's permits; to repeal definitions of such terms; provisions; remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions, so as to remove provisions related to agents and agent's permits; to repeal definitions of such terms; to provide for new exemptions from applicability of the part relating to certain programs for industry-specific certifications and certain short courses; to provide for expanded exemption from applicability of the part for certain programs where students obtain occupational training through employment experience; to remove bonding requirements for authorized institutions; to revise Tuition Guaranty Trust Fund participation requirements; 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 0679** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203239.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208829.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 50 0369S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208063.pdf)
4. **LC 50 0388S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210262.pdf)
5. **LC 50 0392S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211323.pdf)
6. **SB 333/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212078.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Senate Hopper
- **2022-01-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 789 `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/786a150a-6570-4713-91a7-9f52fe91c341`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).