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Georgia General Assembly · SB 85 · Senate Date Signed by Governor (Act 120)

Grants for Foster Children; a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to specific appropriations; establish

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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 12 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to postsecondary education grants for foster children and adopted children, so as to establish a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to... Read the full text

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2025-2026 regular session

Where it is

Senate Hopper · Feb 3, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 4, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 19, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 20, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 3, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 4, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 6, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 18, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 27, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 27, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2025
Act 120 · May 12, 2025

The numbers

10
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Brass, MattBeach, BrandonAnavitarte, JasonHarbison, EdWicks, KenyaAlbers, JohnTillery, BlakeRobertson, RandyEsteves, JasonKelley, Trey

Recorded votes

AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 53, nay 1, notVoting 0, excused 2
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-27 · yea 166, nay 2, notVoting 5, excused 7
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-03 · yea 53, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 0
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.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Act 120 (May 12, 2025).