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type: "Bill"
title: "Office of College and Career Transitions; change the name to Office of College and Career Academies"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-4-37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Office of College and Career Transitions and powers and duties, so as to change the name of the Office of College and Career Transitions to the Office of College and Career Academies; to provide for the appointment and duties of a director of said office; to provide for the approval of advisers to the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; to provide for collaboration between the office and certain entities to support efforts to recruit new industries and expand existing industries; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 416"
citation: "Georgia SB 416 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Thompson", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Ed Harbison", "Elena Parent", "Frank Ginn", "Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Lester Jackson", "Matt Brass", "Mike Dugan", "Nan Orrock", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper", "William Ligon, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7acc8269-99c3-4216-8a0a-3a0b82d7bdc0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "be90b926261bee6ffdfbd5e64e099c24bae438db8db3c0cc5597d2ac7c51eb83"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 416 (2019_20) — Office of College and Career Transitions; change the name to Office of College and Career Academies
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-4-37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Office of College and Career Transitions and powers and duties, so as to change the name of the Office of College and Career Transitions to the Office of College and Career Academies; to provide for the appointment and duties of a director of said office; to provide for the approval of advisers to the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; to provide for collaboration between the office and certain entities to support efforts to recruit new industries and expand existing industries; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As introduced LC 49 0145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190587.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193062.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 49 0212S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192501.pdf)
4. **LC 34 5704S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194594.pdf)
5. **SB 416/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194944.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **550** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jack Hill — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-20** Senate Hopper
- **2020-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-14** Act 469 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-14** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7acc8269-99c3-4216-8a0a-3a0b82d7bdc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).