Education; needs based financial aid program; revise definition of eligible student
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2A of Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the needs based financial aid program, so as to revise the definition of "eligible student";” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
House Hopper · Jan 14, 2025
House First Readers · Jan 15, 2025
House Second Readers · Jan 16, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Jan 30, 2025
House Third Readers · Feb 19, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Feb 19, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 20, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 13, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 18, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 28, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 28, 2025
House Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
House Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2025
Act 118 · May 12, 2025
Effective Date · May 12, 2025
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
PASSAGESenate · 2025-03-28 · yea 46, nay 5, notVoting 0, excused 5
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-02-19 · yea 169, nay 3, notVoting 5, excused 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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