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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; expand"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; to revise definitions; to provide for medical education funding to certain medical organizations facilities; to provide for a physician in certain residency or fellowship programs to be eligible for the service cancelable loan program; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 130"
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citation: "Georgia SB 130 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Billy Hickman", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Mike Hodges", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-10"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/001d162e-af87-4b4e-9fc8-5aaa0dc713f0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f1d0c498a55cef16ce37a9e4a70f16d64000891fa083ea5bbea15c44dcee34e1"
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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 130 (2025_26) — Health; medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; expand
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; to revise definitions; to provide for medical education funding to certain medical organizations facilities; to provide for a physician in certain residency or fellowship programs to be eligible for the service cancelable loan program; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233959.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 52 0632** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231744.pdf)
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3. **SB 130/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238592.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #369 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **155–7** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #93 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-10** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 185 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/001d162e-af87-4b4e-9fc8-5aaa0dc713f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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