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type: "Bill"
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title: "Scholarships; provide public disclosure of certain records held by Georgia Student Finance Commission, Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation and Georgia Student Finance Authority is not required; provisions"
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description: "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 that public disclosure of certain records held by the Georgia Student Finance Commission, the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation, and the Georgia Student Finance Authority is not required; to provide, without judicial action, for the garnishment of pay, loss of a professional license, offset of lottery winnings, and offset of a state tax refund for amounts owed to the Georgia Student Finance Commission and the Georgia Student Finance Authority; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 320"
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citation: "Georgia HB 320 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Allen Peake", "Amy Carter", "Chuck Williams", "Matt Hatchett", "Matt Ramsey", "Patty Bentley"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-11"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/924e0d11-5862-4916-b404-5876935e55ec"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0b2cfb6a8458d5b70a5437fcf371a05dff09cae6e098325238d46a17e8cd6707"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 320 (2015_16) — Scholarships; provide public disclosure of certain records held by Georgia Student Finance Commission, Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation and Georgia Student Finance Authority is not required; provisions
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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 that public disclosure of certain records held by the Georgia Student Finance Commission, the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation, and the Georgia Student Finance Authority is not required; to provide, without judicial action, for the garnishment of pay, loss of a professional license, offset of lottery winnings, and offset of a state tax refund for amounts owed to the Georgia Student Finance Commission and the Georgia Student Finance Authority; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Floor Amendment - AM 25 1348** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152837.pdf)
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2. **HB 320/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153933.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 0384/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147563.pdf)
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4. **Sen floor am 1 AM 41 0106** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152212.pdf)
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5. **Sen floor am 2 AM 41 0108** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152213.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **160–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Allen Peake — primary (person)
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- Amy Carter — primary (person)
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- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
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- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-11** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2015-03-27** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 144 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/924e0d11-5862-4916-b404-5876935e55ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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