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type: "Bill"
title: "Nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions; revise definitions; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act, so as to exempt the commission from the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 353"
citation: "Georgia HB 353 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carl Rogers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-12"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2426ff46-5293-4179-8d15-331f7fc4884c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8777fcdfa6cd9f4a442fc8959109685f12daf43cd6f6f566c26566e13a43e202"
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 353 (2015_16) — Nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions; revise definitions; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act, so as to exempt the commission from the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act; 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 353/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152756.pdf)
2. **LC 41 0402/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147930.pdf)
3. **LC 41 0473S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150566.pdf)
4. **LC 41 0473S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149986.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1520** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-12** House Hopper
- **2015-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-04-20** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-04-20** Act 23 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2426ff46-5293-4179-8d15-331f7fc4884c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).