republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-54.md

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Bill	Tuition grants; children of officers killed in line of duty who attend University System institutions and meet certain requirements; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 7 of Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards, so as to provide for undergraduate full tuition grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, prison guards, and Highway Emergency Response Operators of the Department of Transportation who were killed in the line of duty who attend institutions of the University System of Georgia and who meet certain eligibility requirements; to provide a definition; to provide for voluntary donations through state income tax returns and drivers' licenses for funding; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 54	Georgia HB 54 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Keisha Waites Sandra Scott Sheila Jones Virgil Fludd	6	18	1	2015-01-13	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b9f9da16-d2ef-4bc7-b473-ed0a66adb076	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4e93256236181299707828673500193efba51de89458fed53b3ec821e6d9f477	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 54 (2015_16) — Tuition grants; children of officers killed in line of duty who attend University System institutions and meet certain requirements; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 7 of Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards, so as to provide for undergraduate full tuition grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, prison guards, and Highway Emergency Response Operators of the Department of Transportation who were killed in the line of duty who attend institutions of the University System of Georgia and who meet certain eligibility requirements; to provide a definition; to provide for voluntary donations through state income tax returns and drivers' licenses for funding; 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. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 54/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 28 7336/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 28 7544S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 40 1085S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 40 1085S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Keisha Waites — primary (person)
• Sandra Scott — primary (person)
• Sheila Jones — primary (person)
• Virgil Fludd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-13 House Hopper
• 2015-01-14 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-01-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-04-02 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2016-02-09 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 520 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9f9da16-d2ef-4bc7-b473-ed0a66adb076. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).