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type: "Bill"
title: "Medical scholarships; revise provisions relating to scholarships and loans"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 6 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical scholarships, so as to revise provisions relating to medical scholarships and loans; to revise provisions relating to the areas to be served as a condition of receiving a scholarship or loan; to revise provisions relating to immediate liability for repayment; to repeal a population act provision; to revise legislative purpose; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 998"
citation: "Georgia HB 998 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Butch Parrish", "Chad Nimmer", "Matt Hatchett", "Rick Jasperse", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-17"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/462e82d7-4f37-4045-af67-10e4df57f77b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3bcd0e13e63d520f6d33d988dbfe7dd90dc8292239602d499720df341726900b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 998 (2013_14) — Medical scholarships; revise provisions relating to scholarships and loans
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 6 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical scholarships, so as to revise provisions relating to medical scholarships and loans; to revise provisions relating to the areas to be served as a condition of receiving a scholarship or loan; to revise provisions relating to immediate liability for repayment; to repeal a population act provision; to revise legislative purpose; 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. **HB 998/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143795.pdf)
2. **LC 33 5524/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139761.pdf)
3. **LC 33 5558S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141578.pdf)
4. **LC 33 5558S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141056.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **159–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-17** House Hopper
- **2014-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-19** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2014-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-13** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-16** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-16** Act 539 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/462e82d7-4f37-4045-af67-10e4df57f77b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).