Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| Bill | Veterinarians; student loan repayment; who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; provide; create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization | 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 provide for student loan repayment for veterinarians who practice shelter medicine and veterinarians who practice in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; to create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization; to provide for definitions; to provide requirements for participation in the loan repayment program; to provide for maximum total and annual repayment amounts; to provide for terms for repayment agreements; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | SB 20 | Georgia SB 20 (2025_26) |
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Georgia SB 20 (2025_26) — Veterinarians; student loan repayment; who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; provide; create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization
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 provide for student loan repayment for veterinarians who practice shelter medicine and veterinarians who practice in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; to create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization; to provide for definitions; to provide requirements for participation in the loan repayment program; to provide for maximum total and annual repayment amounts; to provide for terms for repayment agreements; to provide for rules and regulations; 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.
- As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- As introduced LC 61 0051 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee sub LC 61 0138S (committee substitute) — source
- LC 61 0266S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
- SB 20/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #116 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 54–2 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #399 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 160–5 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #450 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-16 Senate Hopper
introduction - 2025-01-17 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2025-02-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-02-20 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2025-03-03 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2025-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2025-03-04 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2025-03-06 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-02 House Withdrawn, Recommitted
referral-committee, withdrawal - 2025-04-02 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2025-04-02 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2025-04-04 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2025-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-05-14 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-05-14 Act 304
executive-signature - 2025-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95b044e3-5f3b-4057-8636-ed2a99f56e16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).