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Bill Education; tuition equalization grants; expand definition of an approved school to include certain institutions which offer programs in nursing A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to expand the definition of an approved school to include certain institutions which offer programs in nursing; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative intent; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 541 Georgia HB 541 (2025_26)
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EDUCATION
PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES
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Brian Prince
Darlene Taylor
Katie Dempsey
Lee Hawkins
Sharon Cooper
5 16 2 2025-02-20 2026-05-11 openstates ocd-bill/51a821c9-77d8-4d0c-8e6a-8eefd8dcd3cf http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl bef38a01d726a537968f060cef71d8bdbbfddb0bd5745f6c1b4df449e2077068 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Georgia HB 541 (2025_26) — Education; tuition equalization grants; expand definition of an approved school to include certain institutions which offer programs in nursing

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to expand the definition of an approved school to include certain institutions which offer programs in nursing; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative intent; 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 541/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 61 0143/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 61 0211S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 61 0388S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  5. LC 61 0388S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #529 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1671 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #770 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 451 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Brian Prince — primary (person)
  • Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
  • Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
  • Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
  • Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-20 House Hopper introduction
  • 2025-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-03-06 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-04 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
  • 2026-02-12 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-18 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2026-02-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2026-02-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2026-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2026-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-05-11 Act 470 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/51a821c9-77d8-4d0c-8e6a-8eefd8dcd3cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).