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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; High-demand Career Initiatives Program as the High Demand Apprenticeship Program; redesignate"
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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 redesignate the High-demand Career Initiatives Program as the High Demand Apprenticeship Program; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a repealer; to amend Code Section 20-2-161.4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to accessing HOPE scholarship funds for dual enrolled students and termination, so as to make a conforming change; 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: "SB 497"
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citation: "Georgia SB 497 (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: ["Billy Hickman", "Brandon Beach", "Jason Esteves", "John Albers", "Sonya Halpern"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-02-13"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/888b7bd3-9b1d-45e4-be47-c4e8ae6507ad"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e2871ef2897fe286ee7ae0fd399a10613b0396a71e2b0523dd951bb621117758"
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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 SB 497 (2023_24) — Education; High-demand Career Initiatives Program as the High Demand Apprenticeship Program; redesignate
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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 redesignate the High-demand Career Initiatives Program as the High Demand Apprenticeship Program; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a repealer; to amend Code Section 20-2-161.4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to accessing HOPE scholarship funds for dual enrolled students and termination, so as to make a conforming change; 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. **As Introduced LC 49 1788** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223952.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225877.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 49 1826S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225063.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 1885S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227040.pdf)
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5. **SB 497/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229108.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #789 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #575 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #772 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-13** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-21** House Postponed
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- **2024-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-02** Act 560 `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/888b7bd3-9b1d-45e4-be47-c4e8ae6507ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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