republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-985.md

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Bill	Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation; abolish; O.C.G.A.; remove cross-references and make conforming changes	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to abolish the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation; to provide for the transfer of outstanding obligations and liabilities and assets of such corporation; to amend Titles 2, 7, 12, 20, 26, 33, 43, and 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture, banking and finance, conservation and natural resources, education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, insurance, professions and businesses, and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to remove cross-references and make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 985	Georgia HB 985 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Charles Martin Matthew Gambill	3	18	3	2024-01-22	2024-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/1eb07799-fa0b-4154-a69c-150d868ac24f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0741bc0f099850e2a75b2ef373fe8137d29df258473ddb7a12e4cfb817d58553	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 985 (2023_24) — Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation; abolish; O.C.G.A.; remove cross-references and make conforming changes

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to abolish the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation; to provide for the transfer of outstanding obligations and liabilities and assets of such corporation; to amend Titles 2, 7, 12, 20, 26, 33, 43, and 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture, banking and finance, conservation and natural resources, education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, insurance, professions and businesses, and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to remove cross-references and make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 985/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 49 1637/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 33 2057 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #425 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #739 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 154–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #651 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charles Martin — primary (person)
• Matthew Gambill — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-01-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-30 House Postponed
• 2024-01-31 House Postponed
• 2024-02-01 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-01 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2024-03-21 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 399 executive-signature
• 2024-06-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1eb07799-fa0b-4154-a69c-150d868ac24f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).