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type: "Bill"
title: "Combating Threats from China Act of 2025 - Higher Education; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the university system, so as to require quarterly reports regarding certain funding received from individuals or entities related to China; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 150"
citation: "Georgia HB 150 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter Barrett", "Houston Gaines", "Kasey Carpenter", "Katie Dempsey", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Tim Fleming"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a13e213-db4d-45d8-bb82-216c26e2a86b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3622416c4264dd2d8c78ea5d5a0c9082b075329306affa672301dea36a335d8b"
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 HB 150 (2025_26) — Combating Threats from China Act of 2025 - Higher Education; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the university system, so as to require quarterly reports regarding certain funding received from individuals or entities related to China; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; 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. **HB 150/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239303.pdf)
2. **LC 61 0049/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230493.pdf)
3. **LC 61 0154S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235449.pdf)
4. **LC 61 0154S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233158.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HB 150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238246.pdf)
6. **Sen Ctee sub LC 61 0232S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237364.pdf)
7. **Sen Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238215.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #345 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **32–19** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #409 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **98–64** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #203 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **145–22** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #344 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **32–21** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Carter Barrett — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
- Tim Fleming — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-28** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Act 127 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a13e213-db4d-45d8-bb82-216c26e2a86b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).