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type: "Bill"
title: "Grants for Foster Children; a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to specific appropriations; establish"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 12 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to postsecondary education grants for foster children and adopted children, so as to establish a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to specific appropriations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "Georgia SB 85 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "MINORS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "Ed Harbison", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jason Esteves", "John Albers", "Kenya Wicks", "Matt Brass", "Randy Robertson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36b51b34-84e7-4a02-8886-ad0e59a943a8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c1cf2b53b663b810c55f713f949f371f4ca7782fda644931a6448750ba20bcd4"
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 85 (2025_26) — Grants for Foster Children; a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to specific appropriations; establish
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 12 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to postsecondary education grants for foster children and adopted children, so as to establish a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to specific appropriations; to provide for related matters; 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/20252026/234963.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 49 2128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231083.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 61 0145S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232848.pdf)
4. **LC 61 0231S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236202.pdf)
5. **SB 85/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239462.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #320 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **1662** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #452 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **531** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #126 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **530** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kenya Wicks — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-03** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Act 120 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36b51b34-84e7-4a02-8886-ad0e59a943a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).