republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-187.md

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Bill	HOPE Scholarship; procedure for students with disability as defined by the American with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver; establish	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility requirements for a HOPE scholarship, so as to establish a procedure for students with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver from certain HOPE scholarship and grant eligibility requirements; to provide for responsibilities of the Georgia Student Finance Commission; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 187	Georgia SB 187 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Butch Miller Gloria Butler Larry Walker, III Lester Jackson Lindsey Tippins	3	17	1	2021-02-16	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f939d671-e4cb-47bf-bec3-2d1d547ee596	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	30c2e531c947ec76a651e89565f0ed0eb5f5f3f626ecccdf021b3989e849cba6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 187 (2021_22) — HOPE Scholarship; procedure for students with disability as defined by the American with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility requirements for a HOPE scholarship, so as to establish a procedure for students with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver from certain HOPE scholarship and grant eligibility requirements; to provide for responsibilities of the Georgia Student Finance Commission; 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 49 0411 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 187/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON RULES CALENDAR — 33–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-16 Senate Hopper
• 2021-02-17 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-03 Senate Tabled
• 2021-03-03 Senate Taken from Table
• 2021-03-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-06 Act 229 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f939d671-e4cb-47bf-bec3-2d1d547ee596. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).