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type: "Bill"
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title: "Technical College System of Georgia; establish policies for granting academic credit for college level learning from military service, work experience"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to technical and adult education, so as to provide that the Technical College System of Georgia shall establish policies for granting academic credit to students for college level learning acquired prior to enrollment from military service, work experience, service in the community, or independent study; 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: "SB 18"
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citation: "Georgia SB 18 (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: ["Curt Thompson", "David Lucas", "Donzella James", "Ed Harbison", "Elena Parent", "Emanuel Jones", "Gail Davenport", "Lester Jackson", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Nan Orrock", "Ronald Ramsey, Sr.", "Vincent Fort"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-12"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/459330f4-d611-4e14-81a6-e70ad3e10da2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e67fdf3d770d046d06e9a6d0c1b1e81f9b30006cc8c7858149e2ac8acf614f7c"
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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 SB 18 (2015_16) — Technical College System of Georgia; establish policies for granting academic credit for college level learning from military service, work experience
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to technical and adult education, so as to provide that the Technical College System of Georgia shall establish policies for granting academic credit to students for college level learning acquired prior to enrollment from military service, work experience, service in the community, or independent study; 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. **As introduced LC 41 0284** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145320.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148237.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 41 0400S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147495.pdf)
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4. **Fiscal Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150463.pdf)
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5. **LC 40 1193S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160611.pdf)
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6. **SB 18/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162140.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Curt Thompson — primary (person)
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- David Lucas — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
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- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
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- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
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- Vincent Fort — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-12** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-01-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-17** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2016-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-10** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2016-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 610 `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/459330f4-d611-4e14-81a6-e70ad3e10da2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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