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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; revise definition of Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar by changing ACT score requirement for certain students"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to revise the definition of \"Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar\" by changing the ACT score requirement for certain students; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 607"
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citation: "Georgia HB 607 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "Clay Pirkle", "Jan Jones", "Matt Dubnik"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-27"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c722ba1b-a609-48e0-be0e-eee884fc6157"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "bd05115877cbc6b37fa850c664efb17cd7838f5c13fb4af0014518b2a593b10f"
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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 607 (2023_24) — Education; revise definition of Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar by changing ACT score requirement for certain students
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to revise the definition of "Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar" by changing the ACT score requirement for certain students; 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 607/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220373.pdf)
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2. **LC 50 0540/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216115.pdf)
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3. **LC 50 0554S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217123.pdf)
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4. **LC 50 0554S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216716.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #374 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #179 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **174–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Charles Martin — primary (person)
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- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-27** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-28** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2023-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-27** Act 52 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/c722ba1b-a609-48e0-be0e-eee884fc6157`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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