republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-517.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; calculation of minimum revenue obligations for scholarships and tuition grants; provide for inclusion of earned interest"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student scholarship organizations, so as to provide for the inclusion of earned interest in the calculation of minimum revenue obligations for scholarships and tuition grants; to require that student scholarship organization audits are conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; to amend Code Section 48-7-29.16, relating to qualified education tax credits, so as to increase the limit available to individuals, heads of household, married couples filing joint returns, and individuals who are members of certain limited liability companies, shareholders of Subchapter \"S\" corporations, or partners in a partnership; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 517"
citation: "Georgia HB 517 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Belton", "David Knight", "Ed Setzler", "John Carson", "Mark Newton", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2abe0cc-f868-4f51-b961-abac1328a0f9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b45528409790665f56468e492909e24d6fc9572cdb9c65301eeef70425c72812"
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 HB 517 (2021_22) — Education; calculation of minimum revenue obligations for scholarships and tuition grants; provide for inclusion of earned interest

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student scholarship organizations, so as to provide for the inclusion of earned interest in the calculation of minimum revenue obligations for scholarships and tuition grants; to require that student scholarship organization audits are conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; to amend Code Section 48-7-29.16, relating to qualified education tax credits, so as to increase the limit available to individuals, heads of household, married couples filing joint returns, and individuals who are members of certain limited liability companies, shareholders of Subchapter "S" corporations, or partners in a partnership; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 43 0209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208106.pdf)
2. **HB 517/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212226.pdf)
3. **LC 43 2455S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212067.pdf)
4. **LC 49 0421/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197986.pdf)
5. **LC 49 0492S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199318.pdf)
6. **LC 49 0502S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199937.pdf)
7. **Sen ctee sub LC 49 0545S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201302.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–71** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-17** House Hopper
- **2021-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-03** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2022-03-03** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2022-03-11** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
- **2022-03-30** House Insisted
- **2022-03-30** House Conference Committee Appointed 46th, 28th, 29th
- **2022-03-30** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 54th, 52nd, 18th
- **2022-04-04** Senate Conference Report Lost
- **2022-04-04** Senate Reconsidered
- **2022-04-04** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2022-04-04** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2022-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-28** Act 722 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2abe0cc-f868-4f51-b961-abac1328a0f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).