republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-798.md

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Bill	HOPE; home study students who receive certain scores on standardized college admission tests; provide eligibility	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to provide for eligibility for Zell Miller Scholarships for home study students who receive certain scores on standardized college admission tests; to revise eligibility requirements for HOPE scholarships for entering freshmen students who are home study students regarding scores on standardized college admission tests; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 798	Georgia HB 798 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	David Clark Joyce Chandler Mike Dudgeon Sam Teasley Timothy Barr Valencia Stovall	6	18	1	2016-01-21	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4f960e60-b48b-42d2-98cb-fde268cd8da3	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2a75183b37efd8020e474550fc8d6529b717c14b738f8837bdb337c5e580f831	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 798 (2015_16) — HOPE; home study students who receive certain scores on standardized college admission tests; provide eligibility

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to provide for eligibility for Zell Miller Scholarships for home study students who receive certain scores on standardized college admission tests; to revise eligibility requirements for HOPE scholarships for entering freshmen students who are home study students regarding scores on standardized college admission tests; 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 Amendment AM 33 1588 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 798/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. HB 798/CSFA (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6343/a (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 33 6388S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 40 1178S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 164–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Clark — primary (person)
• Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
• Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
• Sam Teasley — primary (person)
• Timothy Barr — primary (person)
• Valencia Stovall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-21 House Hopper
• 2016-01-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-03 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-16 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-16 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-17 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-22 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute 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 521 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f960e60-b48b-42d2-98cb-fde268cd8da3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).