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type: "Bill"
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title: "HOPE scholarships; add Georgia Independent School Association to the list of accrediting agencies"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to add the Georgia Independent School Association to the list of accrediting agencies; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 606"
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citation: "Georgia HB 606 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Yearta", "Dave Belton", "Mike Cheokas", "Philip Singleton", "Randy Nix", "Robert Dickey"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-23"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47588bdf-eab6-4887-9e12-888583c7a06d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5cb77a8d134123280ae6a582e3a6ba44c15005c62ac63c250f064ab92377b12f"
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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 606 (2021_22) — HOPE scholarships; add Georgia Independent School Association to the list of accrediting agencies
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to add the Georgia Independent School Association to the list of accrediting agencies; to provide for an effective date; 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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1. **HB 606/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202407.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 0459/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198485.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **161–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Yearta — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
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- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
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- Randy Nix — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-23** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 201 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/47588bdf-eab6-4887-9e12-888583c7a06d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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