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2025-2026 Regular Session

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

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 tuition grants to spouses of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards who were killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; to revise legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition
Pending: Senate
Last status date
January 12, 2026
Last status update
Senate Recommitted
Author
Jesse Petrea
Co-sponsors
Devan SeabaughBill HitchensSteven SainzEddie LumsdenBen Watson

Legislative progress

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House committee substitute February 13, 2025 House committee reassignment February 20, 2025 House committee substitute February 27, 2025 Senate committee reassignment January 12, 2026
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Recorded floor votes

1 roll call are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 6, 2025 · House

Passage: House Vote #218

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

172 yea–0 nay · 3 not voting · 5 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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  1. Senate Senate Recommitted
  2. Senate Senate Read Second Time
  3. Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
  4. Senate Senate Read and Referred
  5. House House Passed/Adopted By Substitute View roll call
  6. House House Third Readers
  7. House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  8. House House Withdrawn, Recommitted
  9. House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  10. House House Second Readers
  11. House House First Readers
  12. House House Hopper
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
1919129
LegiScan session ID
2167
Source file
var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB56.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00