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type: "Bill"
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title: "Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen (REACH) Scholarship; victims of human trafficking are eligible; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen (REACH) Scholarship, so as to provide that victims of human trafficking are eligible for such scholarship; to provide for the designation of REACH scholars; to provide for funding; 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 970"
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citation: "Georgia HB 970 (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: ["Bethany Ballard", "Chris Erwin", "Danny Mathis", "David Knight", "Katie Dempsey", "Robert Dickey"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-22"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1284c9ce-5db8-47d4-ad1f-9458b0c15853"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0d51d3855095e78a4a2aaa712e60cb24598f67ccb465fd73fd5007a913c873ba"
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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 970 (2023_24) — Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen (REACH) Scholarship; victims of human trafficking are eligible; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen (REACH) Scholarship, so as to provide that victims of human trafficking are eligible for such scholarship; to provide for the designation of REACH scholars; to provide for funding; 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 970/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229260.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 1635/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221341.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #829 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #447 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
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- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
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- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — 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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- **2024-01-22** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-02** Act 553 `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/1284c9ce-5db8-47d4-ad1f-9458b0c15853`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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