republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-399.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; to enter into and amend existing agreements with the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; encourage and state expectations"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to encourage and state expectations for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, units of the University System of Georgia, and local boards of education to enter into and amend existing agreements with the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia and units of the Technical College System of Georgia for awarding postsecondary course credits that are transferrable between the university system and the technical college system and between units thereof; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 399"
citation: "Georgia SB 399 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Brandon Beach", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Jason Esteves", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Mike Hodges", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson", "Shawn Still", "Shelly Echols", "Sonya Halpern"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/589f80d1-1433-4464-a884-6aec4880bb26"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5a474c3a9dfe1eba85868fc53573afba0d78ca7b85ed7e9121c17d6c4b4c4851"
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 399 (2023_24) — Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; to enter into and amend existing agreements with the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; encourage and state expectations

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to encourage and state expectations for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, units of the University System of Georgia, and local boards of education to enter into and amend existing agreements with the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia and units of the Technical College System of Georgia for awarding postsecondary course credits that are transferrable between the university system and the technical college system and between units thereof; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225598.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 49 1613** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221857.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1 AM 49 0146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225537.pdf)
4. **LC 49 1877S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227367.pdf)
5. **SB 399/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229114.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #549 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #766 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #788 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
- Shelly Echols — primary (person)
- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2024-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** House Postponed
- **2024-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-02** Act 552 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/589f80d1-1433-4464-a884-6aec4880bb26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).