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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation; abolish; O.C.G.A.; remove cross-references and make conforming changes"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to abolish the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation; to provide for the transfer of outstanding obligations and liabilities and assets of such corporation; to amend Titles 2, 7, 12, 20, 26, 33, 43, and 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture, banking and finance, conservation and natural resources, education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, insurance, professions and businesses, and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to remove cross-references and make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 985"
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citation: "Georgia HB 985 (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", "Matthew Gambill"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-22"
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last_action: "2024-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eb07799-fa0b-4154-a69c-150d868ac24f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0741bc0f099850e2a75b2ef373fe8137d29df258473ddb7a12e4cfb817d58553"
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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 985 (2023_24) — Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation; abolish; O.C.G.A.; remove cross-references and make conforming changes
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to abolish the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation; to provide for the transfer of outstanding obligations and liabilities and assets of such corporation; to amend Titles 2, 7, 12, 20, 26, 33, 43, and 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture, banking and finance, conservation and natural resources, education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, insurance, professions and businesses, and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to remove cross-references and make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 985/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228443.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 1637/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221420.pdf)
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3. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 33 2057** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227080.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #425 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #739 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **154–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #651 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charles Martin — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — 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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- **2024-01-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-30** House Postponed
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- **2024-01-31** House Postponed
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- **2024-02-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-02-06** 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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- **2024-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2024-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Act 399 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-06-30** 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/1eb07799-fa0b-4154-a69c-150d868ac24f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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