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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; student loan repayment for certain nursing faculty; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to provide for student loan repayment for certain nursing faculty; to provide for definitions; to authorize the board to approve applications; to provide for eligibility requirements; to provide for continued eligibility requirements; to provide for student loan repayment agreements and conditions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for an appropriations contingency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Georgia SB 246 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Blake Tillery", "Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "Carden Summers", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Mike Hodges", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8421e20b-6eac-4473-8edb-1b25c59ae9a7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bf6c0b8c4e9e1c88867aa0d48cf3f41c889bfb9b5724842053e59bb787cea42b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 246 (2023_24) — Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; student loan repayment for certain nursing faculty; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to provide for student loan repayment for certain nursing faculty; to provide for definitions; to authorize the board to approve applications; to provide for eligibility requirements; to provide for continued eligibility requirements; to provide for student loan repayment agreements and conditions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for an appropriations contingency; 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. **As introduced LC 33 9445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215849.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217072.pdf)
3. **CCS to SB 246 LC 50 0607S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220540.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220089.pdf)
5. **LC 50 0582S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218177.pdf)
6. **LC 50 0605S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219837.pdf)
7. **SB 246/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220541.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #326 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #401 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #391 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–5** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #352 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #147 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **55–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-23** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2023-03-29** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2023-03-29** Senate Insisted
- **2023-03-29** House Insisted
- **2023-03-29** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 18th, 3rd, 4th
- **2023-03-29** House Conference Committee Appointed
- **2023-03-29** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2023-03-29** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27** Act 50 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8421e20b-6eac-4473-8edb-1b25c59ae9a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).