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type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education; exemption applicable to certain institutions operating on military installations or bases; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions, so as to revise provisions regarding the exemption applicable to certain institutions operating on military installations or bases; to provide for biennial review of institutions rather than programs; to provide for awards of costs and reasonable attorney's fees in favor of the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission; to provide for alternative review of renewal applications by institutions in good standing with recognized accrediting agencies; to provide for filing a surety bond in the event of a change of ownership of an institution; to provide for the remittal of surety bonds; to provide for assessment of investigation costs incurred by the commission; to provide for a definition; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 152"
citation: "Georgia HB 152 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clint Crowe", "Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower", "Matt Barton", "Micah Gravley", "Victor Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85d835cd-9059-4a12-a17d-b516f70222c6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b8ac1121e6b5ba7b0f74c2109ae1b4d6a8dae85c14e8585c55a276bc91992caf"
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 HB 152 (2021_22) — Postsecondary education; exemption applicable to certain institutions operating on military installations or bases; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions, so as to revise provisions regarding the exemption applicable to certain institutions operating on military installations or bases; to provide for biennial review of institutions rather than programs; to provide for awards of costs and reasonable attorney's fees in favor of the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission; to provide for alternative review of renewal applications by institutions in good standing with recognized accrediting agencies; to provide for filing a surety bond in the event of a change of ownership of an institution; to provide for the remittal of surety bonds; to provide for assessment of investigation costs incurred by the commission; to provide for a definition; to provide for conforming changes; 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. **HB 152/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202033.pdf)
2. **LC 49 0335/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196048.pdf)
3. **LC 49 0370S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198988.pdf)
4. **LC 49 0370S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198027.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
- Matt Barton — primary (person)
- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
- Victor Anderson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-27** House Hopper
- **2021-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06** Act 230 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85d835cd-9059-4a12-a17d-b516f70222c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).