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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; establish Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to establish the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; to provide for a director; to provide for the incorporation of the Centers of Innovation Agribusiness administered by the Department of Economic Development; to provide for the incorporation and structure of a new Georgia Rural Development Council; to provide for members and duties; to provide for conditions related to appropriations; to provide for legislative findings; to amend Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Office of Rural Development and State Advisory Committee on Rural Development, so as to repeal the Georgia Rural Development Council; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 951"
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citation: "Georgia HB 951 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jason Shaw", "Jay Powell", "Mack Jackson", "Penny Houston", "Sam Watson", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-15"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c0dde3f-e832-41e2-9eb4-d19e82397a68"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e57019dda6c2a9acd68071bee99ca8ac8c940c82850a331c358f3f8fe633f03a"
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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 951 (2017_18) — Education; establish Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to establish the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; to provide for a director; to provide for the incorporation of the Centers of Innovation Agribusiness administered by the Department of Economic Development; to provide for the incorporation and structure of a new Georgia Rural Development Council; to provide for members and duties; to provide for conditions related to appropriations; to provide for legislative findings; to amend Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Office of Rural Development and State Advisory Committee on Rural Development, so as to repeal the Georgia Rural Development Council; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
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- Penny Houston — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-15** House Hopper
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- **2018-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-02** Act 300 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/9c0dde3f-e832-41e2-9eb4-d19e82397a68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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