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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "HOPE Scholarship; procedure for students with disability as defined by the American with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver; establish"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility requirements for a HOPE scholarship, so as to establish a procedure for students with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver from certain HOPE scholarship and grant eligibility requirements; to provide for responsibilities of the Georgia Student Finance Commission; 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: "SB 187"
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citation: "Georgia SB 187 (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: ["Butch Miller", "Gloria Butler", "Larry Walker, III", "Lester Jackson", "Lindsey Tippins"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-16"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f939d671-e4cb-47bf-bec3-2d1d547ee596"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "30c2e531c947ec76a651e89565f0ed0eb5f5f3f626ecccdf021b3989e849cba6"
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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 SB 187 (2021_22) — HOPE Scholarship; procedure for students with disability as defined by the American with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver; establish
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility requirements for a HOPE scholarship, so as to establish a procedure for students with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver from certain HOPE scholarship and grant eligibility requirements; to provide for responsibilities of the Georgia Student Finance Commission; 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. **As introduced LC 49 0411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197707.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199542.pdf)
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3. **SB 187/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201323.pdf)
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## Votes
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- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON RULES CALENDAR — **33–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-16** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-06** Act 229 `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/f939d671-e4cb-47bf-bec3-2d1d547ee596`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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