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GA HB 602

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Education; denial of state funds for loans, grants, and scholarships for any student convicted of a criminal offense; provisions

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

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Did GA HB 602 pass?

No. GA HB 602 was withdrawn and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2025-04-04): House Withdrawn, Recommitted

What is GA HB 602 about?

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to provide for the denial of state funds for loans, grants, and scholarships for any student who is convicted of a criminal offense or who is determined by the postsecondary educational institution at which such student is enrolled to have violated a postsecondary educational institution's code of conduct for students when such conviction or determination is a result of a student engaging in materially and substantially disruptive conduct on such postsecondary educational institution's campus; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA HB 602?

Tim Fleming, Carter Barrett, Mitchell Scoggins and 3 others are the primary sponsors of GA HB 602.

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to provide for the denial of state funds for loans, grants, and scholarships for any student who is convicted of a criminal offense or who is determined by the postsecondary educational institution at which such student is enrolled to have violated a postsecondary educational institution's code of conduct for students when such conviction or determination is a result of a student engaging in materially and substantially disruptive conduct on such postsecondary educational institution's campus; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-02-24
Latest action
2025-04-04 — House Withdrawn, Recommitted
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Tim Flemingprimary
  • Carter Barrettprimary
  • Mitchell Scogginsprimary
  • Kasey Carpenterprimary
  • Trey Kelleyprimary
  • Dale Washburnprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-04

    House Withdrawn, Recommitted

    referral-committee,withdrawal

  2. 2025-03-06

    House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

  3. 2025-02-27

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

  4. 2025-02-26

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  5. 2025-02-24

    House Hopper

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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