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type: "Bill"
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title: "HOPE; dual credit courses; treated the same as advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses for determining eligibility; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to define a certain term; to provide that dual credit courses shall be treated in the same manner as advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses for purposes of determining eligibility for the HOPE scholarship; 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: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 131"
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citation: "Georgia HB 131 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Thomas", "Brooks Coleman", "Darlene Taylor", "Jan Jones", "Margaret Kaiser", "Valerie Clark"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-01-29"
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last_action: "2013-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25e8f05a-e717-4b33-acee-02f1b969c269"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5071bcfbfcb7233c51e070bd9601690d5375d6f33d720135102c70b30dbff989"
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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 HB 131 (2013_14) — HOPE; dual credit courses; treated the same as advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses for determining eligibility; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to define a certain term; to provide that dual credit courses shall be treated in the same manner as advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses for purposes of determining eligibility for the HOPE scholarship; 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. **HB 131/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136258.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 4845/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128978.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 0074S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133196.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 0074S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132485.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 0090S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134667.pdf)
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6. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 33 1344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135447.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Thomas — primary (person)
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- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-01-29** House Hopper
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- **2013-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-04-19** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-04-19** Act 24 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-07-01** 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/25e8f05a-e717-4b33-acee-02f1b969c269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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