Committee
Georgia House Higher Education Committee
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committee members
Imani Barnes (D)
Vice Chair
Carter Barrett (R)
Rhonda Burnough (D)
Secretary
Kasey Carpenter (R)
Jasmine Clark (D)
Katie Dempsey (R)
Robert Dickey (R)
Matt Dubnik (R)
Ginny Ehrhart (R)
Tim Fleming (R)
Matthew Gambill (R)
Lydia Glaize (D)
Scott Holcomb (D)
Betsy Holland (D)
Edna Jackson (D)
Trey Kelley (R)
Chair
Chuck Martin (R)
Karen Mathiak (R)
Angela Moore (D)
Sam Park (D)
Mitchell Scoggins (R)
Patty Marie Stinson (D)
Dale Washburn (R)
Marcus Wiedower (R)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB18 | Dual Enrollment Act; residency requirement for eligible students; provide | Introduced | 01/14/2025 |
| HB38 | Education; needs based financial aid program; revise definition of eligible student | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/15/2025 |
| HB56 | Education; grants to spouses of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; provide | Crossed Over | 01/15/2025 |
| HB88 | State veterinary education; biomedical technicians to be eligible for the state student loan forgiveness program; provide | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| HB130 | Pay As You Earn Education Program Act; enact | Introduced | 01/28/2025 |
| HB150 | Combating Threats from China Act of 2025 - Higher Education; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/29/2025 |
| HB172 | Veterinary education; limits on student loan forgiveness program; provide | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| HB203 | Board of Regents; include members who are graduates of a historically black college or university that is a unit of the University System of Georgia; provide | Introduced | 02/03/2025 |
| HB206 | Drug-free Postsecondary Education Act of 1990; repeal Article 2 of Chapter 1 | Introduced | 02/03/2025 |
| HB217 | Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/04/2025 |
| HB286 | Seed-Capital Fund; create a subfund to provide startup capital to certain small businesses; provisions | Introduced | 02/06/2025 |
| HB385 | Education; allow academically successful students who are concurrently seeking certain degrees to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility; provisions | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| HB417 | Education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; revise definition of approved school | Introduced | 02/13/2025 |
| HB419 | Education; require possession of opioid antagonists by institutions within University System of Georgia | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| HB541 | Education; tuition equalization grants; expand definition of an approved school to include certain institutions which offer programs in nursing | In Committee | 02/21/2025 |
| HB558 | State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish adult workforce high school diploma program | Introduced | 02/21/2025 |
| HB602 | Education; denial of state funds for loans, grants, and scholarships for any student convicted of a criminal offense; provisions | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| HB686 | Georgia Sports Betting Act; enact | In Committee | 03/03/2025 |
| HB693 | Postsecondary education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; expand definition of approved school | Introduced | 03/03/2025 |
| HB695 | Georgia Student Finance Authority; establish a needs based financial aid program to award grants to eligible students who have not yet received their financial aid award | Introduced | 03/03/2025 |
| HB716 | Georgia Student Finance Authority; establish a needs based grant program to combat food insecurity among postsecondary students | Introduced | 03/04/2025 |
| HB867 | Georgia Student Finance Authority; grants to eligible students to assist with cost of attending an approved school of barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, hair design, or nail care; establish pilot program | Introduced | 03/28/2025 |
| HB888 | Education; in-state tuition for postsecondary education for certain noncitizen students; provide | Introduced | 04/02/2025 |
| HB910 | Georgia Lottery Game of Sports Betting Act; enact | Introduced | 04/04/2025 |
| HR6 | General Assembly; more than one Seed-Capital Fund; provide by law -CA | Introduced | 01/14/2025 |
| HR450 | General Assembly; authorize sports betting in Georgia; provide by law - CA | In Committee | 03/03/2025 |
| HR655 | House Study Committee on Gaming in the State of Georgia; create | Introduced | 03/21/2025 |
| SB20 | Veterinarians; student loan repayment; who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; provide; create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/04/2025 |
| SB85 | Grants for Foster Children; a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to specific appropriations; establish | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/04/2025 |
| SB149 | Tuition Equalization Grants at Private Colleges and Universities; definition of approved school; revise | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/10/2025 |
| SB180 | High Demand Apprenticeship Program; opportunities for apprenticeship sponsors to enter into apprenticeship program contracts with State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; provide | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/06/2025 |
| SB193 | State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; authorize | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/06/2025 |