republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-18.md

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Bill	Technical College System of Georgia; establish policies for granting academic credit for college level learning from military service, work experience	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to technical and adult education, so as to provide that the Technical College System of Georgia shall establish policies for granting academic credit to students for college level learning acquired prior to enrollment from military service, work experience, service in the community, or independent study; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 18	Georgia SB 18 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Curt Thompson David Lucas Donzella James Ed Harbison Elena Parent Emanuel Jones Gail Davenport Lester Jackson Michael 'Doc' Rhett Nan Orrock Ronald Ramsey, Sr. Vincent Fort	6	20	1	2015-01-12	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/459330f4-d611-4e14-81a6-e70ad3e10da2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e67fdf3d770d046d06e9a6d0c1b1e81f9b30006cc8c7858149e2ac8acf614f7c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 18 (2015_16) — Technical College System of Georgia; establish policies for granting academic credit for college level learning from military service, work experience

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to technical and adult education, so as to provide that the Technical College System of Georgia shall establish policies for granting academic credit to students for college level learning acquired prior to enrollment from military service, work experience, service in the community, or independent study; 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. As introduced LC 41 0284 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 41 0400S (committee substitute) — source
4. Fiscal Impact Note (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 40 1193S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 18/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Curt Thompson — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
• Vincent Fort — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-12 Senate Hopper
• 2015-01-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-02-17 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-02-17 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-04-02 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2016-03-07 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-10 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2016-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-22 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-30 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 610 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/459330f4-d611-4e14-81a6-e70ad3e10da2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).