republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-399.md

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Bill	Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; to enter into and amend existing agreements with the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; encourage and state expectations	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to encourage and state expectations for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, units of the University System of Georgia, and local boards of education to enter into and amend existing agreements with the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia and units of the Technical College System of Georgia for awarding postsecondary course credits that are transferrable between the university system and the technical college system and between units thereof; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 399	Georgia SB 399 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Billy Hickman Brandon Beach Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Jason Esteves John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Max Burns Mike Hodges Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Shelly Echols Sonya Halpern	5	17	3	2024-01-25	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/589f80d1-1433-4464-a884-6aec4880bb26	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5a474c3a9dfe1eba85868fc53573afba0d78ca7b85ed7e9121c17d6c4b4c4851	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 399 (2023_24) — Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; to enter into and amend existing agreements with the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; encourage and state expectations

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to encourage and state expectations for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, units of the University System of Georgia, and local boards of education to enter into and amend existing agreements with the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia and units of the Technical College System of Georgia for awarding postsecondary course credits that are transferrable between the university system and the technical college system and between units thereof; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 49 1613 (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 AM 49 0146 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 1877S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 399/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #549 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #766 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #788 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Jason Esteves — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-25 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2024-02-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 House Postponed
• 2024-03-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-02 Act 552 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/589f80d1-1433-4464-a884-6aec4880bb26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).