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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dual Enrollment Act; enact"
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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 revise the \"Move on When Ready Act\" and dual credit course; to revise a short title; to provide for certain covered dual credit courses; to provide for certain covered eligible high school students; to provide for maximum covered hours; to provide for high school students to take noncovered dual credit courses at their own expense or with lottery funds; to provide for responsibilities of the commission; to provide for counseling by the postsecondary institution; to provide for application to HOPE scholarship and grant caps; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 444"
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citation: "Georgia HB 444 (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: ["Bert Reeves", "David Knight", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Jodi Lott", "Terry Rogers"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-22"
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last_action: "2020-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fcda990-19b1-43e5-bae2-1c5bd136d9c0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5afd61f643ccc8cd945c5f8e28afdc6f6383645bd589118c28b510440547ab24"
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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 444 (2019_20) — Dual Enrollment Act; enact
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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 revise the "Move on When Ready Act" and dual credit course; to revise a short title; to provide for certain covered dual credit courses; to provide for certain covered eligible high school students; to provide for maximum covered hours; to provide for high school students to take noncovered dual credit courses at their own expense or with lottery funds; to provide for responsibilities of the commission; to provide for counseling by the postsecondary institution; to provide for application to HOPE scholarship and grant caps; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 444/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192065.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 7780-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182493.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 7896S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184141.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 7896S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183677.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 2386S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186359.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 49 0063S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188181.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **99–72** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
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- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-22** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `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 Tabled
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- **2020-01-13** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2020-01-13** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-01-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-01-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-03** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-04-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-04-28** Act 327 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-01** 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/9fcda990-19b1-43e5-bae2-1c5bd136d9c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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