republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-131.md

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Bill	HOPE; dual credit courses; treated the same as advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses for determining eligibility; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to define a certain term; to provide that dual credit courses shall be treated in the same manner as advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses for purposes of determining eligibility for the HOPE scholarship; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 131	Georgia HB 131 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Brian Thomas Brooks Coleman Darlene Taylor Jan Jones Margaret Kaiser Valerie Clark	6	16	1	2013-01-29	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/25e8f05a-e717-4b33-acee-02f1b969c269	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5071bcfbfcb7233c51e070bd9601690d5375d6f33d720135102c70b30dbff989	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 131 (2013_14) — HOPE; dual credit courses; treated the same as advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses for determining eligibility; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to define a certain term; to provide that dual credit courses shall be treated in the same manner as advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses for purposes of determining eligibility for the HOPE scholarship; 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 131/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 4845/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 0074S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 0074S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 41 0090S (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen floor amend 1 AM 33 1344 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 169–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Thomas — primary (person)
• Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
• Valerie Clark — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-29 House Hopper
• 2013-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-01-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-19 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-19 Act 24 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25e8f05a-e717-4b33-acee-02f1b969c269. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).