republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-218.md

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Bill	Education; eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE Scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar; provide	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 requirements to receive the HOPE scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar relative to students who graduated from an ineligible high school or a home study program; to extend the period during which a student may receive a HOPE scholarship; to provide for requirements for continued eligibility for certain students; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 218	Georgia HB 218 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Ginny Ehrhart Karen Mathiak Matthew Gambill Rick Jasperse Rick Williams Scott Holcomb	4	15	1	2019-02-08	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/894f50b4-17ae-48f8-8d9d-5fc68ada2045	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	74978b2aa674cdb5afdb2782649ba74ba1463433d9ae0f2971532dbea3d3af82	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 218 (2019_20) — Education; eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE Scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar; provide

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 requirements to receive the HOPE scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar relative to students who graduated from an ineligible high school or a home study program; to extend the period during which a student may receive a HOPE scholarship; to provide for requirements for continued eligibility for certain students; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 218/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 2065/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 2175S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 2175S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
• Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
• Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Scott Holcomb — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-08 House Hopper
• 2019-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-01 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-05 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-02 Act 132 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/894f50b4-17ae-48f8-8d9d-5fc68ada2045. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).