republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-228.md

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Bill	Education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; expand definition of approved school	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to expand the definition of "approved school"; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 228	Georgia HB 228 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Brian Prince Darlene Taylor Inga Willis Katie Dempsey Lee Hawkins Sharon Cooper	8	16	4	2023-02-02	2024-05-07	openstates	ocd-bill/440e80d7-bfad-4cfa-91e1-354af6ad98c3	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4d5ffb0446caf22634e7ba3ab8924b73422a998f130151fd71daabb1e2ae0244	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 228 (2023_24) — Education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; expand definition of approved school

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to expand the definition of "approved school"; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; 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. Floor Amendment AM 49 0162 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 228/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 49 1157/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 50 0559S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 50 0559S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 228 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen ctee sub LC 50 0585S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 1 AM 49 0101 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #812 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 159–8 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #305 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–5 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #889 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 44–7 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #199 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Prince — primary (person)
• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
• Inga Willis — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-02-02 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-02 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-07 Veto V1 executive-veto

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/440e80d7-bfad-4cfa-91e1-354af6ad98c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).