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type: "Bill"
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title: "Board of Regents and University System; establishment of free speech policies for institutions of the university system; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the board of regents and university system, so as to provide for the establishment of free speech policies for institutions of the university system; to provide for a cause of action and remedies; 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 339"
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citation: "Georgia SB 339 (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: ["Blake Tillery", "Bruce Thompson", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Chuck Hufstetler", "David Shafer", "Greg Kirk", "John Albers", "Joshua McKoon", "Lindsey Tippins", "Matt Brass", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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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: "2018-01-19"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e62ec814-7b7c-40c5-a24d-a9ffab35d844"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6e229117ba2fe2e9e6832f855a114d2f47986c83ced859404ef9374765fa2ac9"
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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 339 (2017_18) — Board of Regents and University System; establishment of free speech policies for institutions of the university system; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the board of regents and university system, so as to provide for the establishment of free speech policies for institutions of the university system; to provide for a cause of action and remedies; 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 — **33–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-19** Senate Hopper
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- **2018-01-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Act 557 `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/e62ec814-7b7c-40c5-a24d-a9ffab35d844`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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