republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-324.md

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Bill	Georgia Student Finance Commission; board of commissioners; Georgia Student Finance Authority; board of directors; verification of lawful presence; provide exemptions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-36-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements, procedures, and conditions for verification of lawful presence within the United States, so as to provide exemptions for the board of commissioners of the Georgia Student Finance Commission and the board of directors of the Georgia Student Finance Authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 324	Georgia HB 324 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Amy Carter Earl Ehrhart Matt Dollar Matt Ramsey	3	17	1	2013-02-12	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c7da4f09-1530-4383-8417-3ec26b610005	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6db9c3be5daf2494387814536903d37843424216af3df94ddf5aa47c244b488f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 324 (2013_14) — Georgia Student Finance Commission; board of commissioners; Georgia Student Finance Authority; board of directors; verification of lawful presence; provide exemptions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-36-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements, procedures, and conditions for verification of lawful presence within the United States, so as to provide exemptions for the board of commissioners of the Georgia Student Finance Commission and the board of directors of the Georgia Student Finance Authority; 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 324/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 0054/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen floor amend 1 AM 28 1265 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 163–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amy Carter — primary (person)
• Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
• Matt Dollar — primary (person)
• Matt Ramsey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-12 House Hopper
• 2013-02-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-22 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2013-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-28 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2013-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Act 29 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c7da4f09-1530-4383-8417-3ec26b610005. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).