Education; grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards killed in the line of duty; provisions
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 7 of Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards, so as to provide for undergraduate full tuition grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards who were killed in the line of duty who attend institutions of the University System of Georgia and who meet certain eligibility requirements; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2023
Last action Mar 21, 2024
Floor votes · House Feb 29, 2024
How they voted
145–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 151
Feb 29, 2024
D
Democratic63
95% Yea
R
Republican88
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Jan 23, 2023
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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