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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tuition grants; children of officers killed in line of duty who attend University System institutions and meet certain requirements; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 7 of Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards, so as to provide for undergraduate full tuition grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, prison guards, and Highway Emergency Response Operators of the Department of Transportation who were killed in the line of duty who attend institutions of the University System of Georgia and who meet certain eligibility requirements; to provide a definition; to provide for voluntary donations through state income tax returns and drivers' licenses for funding; 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 54"
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citation: "Georgia HB 54 (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: ["Alan Powell", "Keisha Waites", "Sandra Scott", "Sheila Jones", "Virgil Fludd"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-13"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9f9da16-d2ef-4bc7-b473-ed0a66adb076"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4e93256236181299707828673500193efba51de89458fed53b3ec821e6d9f477"
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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 54 (2015_16) — Tuition grants; children of officers killed in line of duty who attend University System institutions and meet certain requirements; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 7 of Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards, so as to provide for undergraduate full tuition grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, prison guards, and Highway Emergency Response Operators of the Department of Transportation who were killed in the line of duty who attend institutions of the University System of Georgia and who meet certain eligibility requirements; to provide a definition; to provide for voluntary donations through state income tax returns and drivers' licenses for funding; 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 amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160561.pdf)
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2. **HB 54/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162325.pdf)
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3. **LC 28 7336/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145368.pdf)
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4. **LC 28 7544S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150756.pdf)
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5. **LC 40 1085S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159296.pdf)
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6. **LC 40 1085S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157012.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Keisha Waites — primary (person)
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- Sandra Scott — primary (person)
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- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
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- Virgil Fludd — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-13** House Hopper
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- **2015-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2016-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 520 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/b9f9da16-d2ef-4bc7-b473-ed0a66adb076`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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