republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-444.md

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Bill	Dual Enrollment Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to revise the "Move on When Ready Act" and dual credit course; to revise a short title; to provide for certain covered dual credit courses; to provide for certain covered eligible high school students; to provide for maximum covered hours; to provide for high school students to take noncovered dual credit courses at their own expense or with lottery funds; to provide for responsibilities of the commission; to provide for counseling by the postsecondary institution; to provide for application to HOPE scholarship and grant caps; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 444	Georgia HB 444 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bert Reeves David Knight Dominic LaRiccia Jodi Lott Terry Rogers	6	21	1	2019-02-22	2020-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9fcda990-19b1-43e5-bae2-1c5bd136d9c0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5afd61f643ccc8cd945c5f8e28afdc6f6383645bd589118c28b510440547ab24	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 444 (2019_20) — Dual Enrollment Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to revise the "Move on When Ready Act" and dual credit course; to revise a short title; to provide for certain covered dual credit courses; to provide for certain covered eligible high school students; to provide for maximum covered hours; to provide for high school students to take noncovered dual credit courses at their own expense or with lottery funds; to provide for responsibilities of the commission; to provide for counseling by the postsecondary institution; to provide for application to HOPE scholarship and grant caps; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 444/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 7780-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 7896S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 7896S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 39 2386S (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 49 0063S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 99–72 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bert Reeves — primary (person)
• David Knight — primary (person)
• Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
• Jodi Lott — primary (person)
• Terry Rogers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 House Hopper
• 2019-02-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-29 Senate Tabled
• 2020-01-13 Senate Taken from Table
• 2020-01-13 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-01-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-01-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-03-03 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2020-04-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-04-28 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-04-28 Act 327 executive-signature
• 2020-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9fcda990-19b1-43e5-bae2-1c5bd136d9c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).