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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterinarians; student loan repayment; who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; provide; create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to provide for student loan repayment for veterinarians who practice shelter medicine and veterinarians who practice in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; to create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization; to provide for definitions; to provide requirements for participation in the loan repayment program; to provide for maximum total and annual repayment amounts; to provide for terms for repayment agreements; to provide for rules and regulations; 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 20"
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citation: "Georgia SB 20 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "Elena Parent", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson"]
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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: "2025-01-16"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95b044e3-5f3b-4057-8636-ed2a99f56e16"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "68ec09d957ee651ddcf6d8b646aadfe6db7a77b437bd260bc68ba9efb3f73d1d"
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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 20 (2025_26) — Veterinarians; student loan repayment; who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; provide; create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to provide for student loan repayment for veterinarians who practice shelter medicine and veterinarians who practice in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; to create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization; to provide for definitions; to provide requirements for participation in the loan repayment program; to provide for maximum total and annual repayment amounts; to provide for terms for repayment agreements; to provide for rules and regulations; 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/20252026/234902.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 61 0051** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230050.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 61 0138S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232849.pdf)
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4. **LC 61 0266S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238887.pdf)
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5. **SB 20/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239432.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #116 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **54–2** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #399 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–5** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #450 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-16** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 304 `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/95b044e3-5f3b-4057-8636-ed2a99f56e16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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