---
type: "Bill"
title: "University of North Georgia military scholarships; authorize selection committee to select additional scholarship recipients"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 5A of Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to University of North Georgia military scholarships, so as to authorize the selection committee to select additional scholarship recipients; to authorize additional nominations for candidates to receive a scholarship; to provide a limit on the number of scholarships that can be awarded; to provide criteria for selecting scholarship recipients; 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: "HB 1328"
citation: "Georgia HB 1328 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter Barrett", "Houston Gaines", "Josh Bonner", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Dubnik", "Will Wade"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-17"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1c94637-0af9-4200-abe8-b9245b181db7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0012ebd85950560d21716107651e549c01257e1fc05fbc0bda0278f66967feab"
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 1328 (2025_26) — University of North Georgia military scholarships; authorize selection committee to select additional scholarship recipients

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 5A of Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to University of North Georgia military scholarships, so as to authorize the selection committee to select additional scholarship recipients; to authorize additional nominations for candidates to receive a scholarship; to provide a limit on the number of scholarships that can be awarded; to provide criteria for selecting scholarship recipients; 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 1328/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247674.pdf)
2. **LC 61 0393/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242798.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #814 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #653 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter Barrett — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
- Will Wade — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-17** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 469 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1c94637-0af9-4200-abe8-b9245b181db7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).