republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1231.md

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Bill	Postsecondary education; allow academically successful students to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility	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 and award amount, to allow academically successful students who are concurrently seeking a baccalaureate degree and a first professional degree to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility; to allow academically successful students who commence a graduate program at an eligible postsecondary institution within 18 months of earning a baccalaureate degree to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1231	Georgia HB 1231 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Scott Holcomb	7	17	3	2024-02-12	2024-05-07	openstates	ocd-bill/1489d2f3-9ca7-49c8-8cef-7e20ffe23278	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f71e317784e3e6a26dead26531eb81bd75b35376c3c5d2d545febba200e7c973	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1231 (2023_24) — Postsecondary education; allow academically successful students to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility

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 and award amount, to allow academically successful students who are concurrently seeking a baccalaureate degree and a first professional degree to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility; to allow academically successful students who commence a graduate program at an eligible postsecondary institution within 18 months of earning a baccalaureate degree to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility; to provide for related matters; 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. HB 1231/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 49 1691/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 49 1843S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 1843S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 1231 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Ctee sub LC 49 1927S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 50 0082 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #879 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 166–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #816 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #597 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scott Holcomb — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-12 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-26 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-07 Veto V8 executive-veto

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1489d2f3-9ca7-49c8-8cef-7e20ffe23278. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).