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76 lines
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Student Finance Authority; service cancelable educational loans; include graduate degree programs"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-374 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to service cancelable loan fund and authorized types of service cancelable educational loans financed by state funds and issued by the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to include graduate degree programs; to require application for additional educational assistance programs; to implement a two-year service requirement; to correct references; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 700"
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citation: "Georgia HB 700 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Brian Prince", "Dave Belton", "David Clark", "Josh Bonner", "Mike Glanton"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-18"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a103864-d13c-44e2-8048-ce1580202c45"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8147e8324fcd3326abac286f9ff2397fdbedd08e1216f6edab55f342f1dfca98"
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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 700 (2017_18) — Georgia Student Finance Authority; service cancelable educational loans; include graduate degree programs
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-374 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to service cancelable loan fund and authorized types of service cancelable educational loans financed by state funds and issued by the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to include graduate degree programs; to require application for additional educational assistance programs; to implement a two-year service requirement; to correct references; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **156–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- David Clark — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-18** House Hopper
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- **2018-01-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 328 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/9a103864-d13c-44e2-8048-ce1580202c45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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