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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE Scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to provide for eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar relative to students who graduated from an ineligible high school or a home study program; to extend the period during which a student may receive a HOPE scholarship; to provide for requirements for continued eligibility for certain students; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 218"
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citation: "Georgia HB 218 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ginny Ehrhart", "Karen Mathiak", "Matthew Gambill", "Rick Jasperse", "Rick Williams", "Scott Holcomb"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-08"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/894f50b4-17ae-48f8-8d9d-5fc68ada2045"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "74978b2aa674cdb5afdb2782649ba74ba1463433d9ae0f2971532dbea3d3af82"
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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 218 (2019_20) — Education; eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE Scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to provide for eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar relative to students who graduated from an ineligible high school or a home study program; to extend the period during which a student may receive a HOPE scholarship; to provide for requirements for continued eligibility for certain students; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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. **HB 218/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187070.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 2065/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180850.pdf)
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3. **LC 39 2175S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183816.pdf)
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4. **LC 39 2175S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183486.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
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- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-02** Act 132 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/894f50b4-17ae-48f8-8d9d-5fc68ada2045`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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