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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; HOPE; students who earned high school diploma through dual coursework are eligible; associate degree; clarify"
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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 clarify language relating to the effect of dual credit courses on HOPE scholarship and grant applicability; to provide that students who earned a high school diploma through certain dual credit coursework are eligible for a HOPE grant toward an associate degree; 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: "SB 186"
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citation: "Georgia SB 186 (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: ["Fran Millar", "Freddie Sims", "Horacena Tate", "Lindsey Tippins", "Matt Brass", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-15"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/299f70b2-7966-439d-b72b-dd779b321ea8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "51d67489e95cd8918933418a0c7f3357302d2006a26be24b874641c202c8c6bd"
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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 186 (2017_18) — Education; HOPE; students who earned high school diploma through dual coursework are eligible; associate degree; clarify
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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 clarify language relating to the effect of dual credit courses on HOPE scholarship and grant applicability; to provide that students who earned a high school diploma through certain dual credit coursework are eligible for a HOPE grant toward an associate degree; 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 BY SUBSTITUTE — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
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- Horacena Tate — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-15** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-06** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-04-27** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-04-27** Act 35 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/299f70b2-7966-439d-b72b-dd779b321ea8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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