republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2017-18/sb-339.md

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Bill	Board of Regents and University System; establishment of free speech policies for institutions of the university system; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the board of regents and university system, so as to provide for the establishment of free speech policies for institutions of the university system; to provide for a cause of action and remedies; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2017_18	SB 339	Georgia SB 339 (2017_18)	bill		enacted	Blake Tillery Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler David Shafer Greg Kirk John Albers Joshua McKoon Lindsey Tippins Matt Brass William Ligon, Jr.	0	16	1	2018-01-19	2018-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e62ec814-7b7c-40c5-a24d-a9ffab35d844	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6e229117ba2fe2e9e6832f855a114d2f47986c83ced859404ef9374765fa2ac9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 339 (2017_18) — Board of Regents and University System; establishment of free speech policies for institutions of the university system; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the board of regents and university system, so as to provide for the establishment of free speech policies for institutions of the university system; to provide for a cause of action and remedies; 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.

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 33–19 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-19 Senate Hopper
• 2018-01-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2018-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2018-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2018-02-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2018-03-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2018-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2018-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2018-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2018-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-08 Act 557 executive-signature
• 2018-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e62ec814-7b7c-40c5-a24d-a9ffab35d844. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).