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State Government / Georgia / Legislation / HB 56

HB 56Session 2025_26HousePassed a vote

Education; grants to spouses of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; provide

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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.

Latest development · Jan 12, 2026

Senate Recommitted

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Session
2025_26
Introduced
Jan 14, 2025
Latest passage
Mar 6, 2025
TopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

Topics and classification

Civixly topics

EducationJustice & Public Safety

Source subjects

EDUCATIONLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorBill Hitchens
Primary sponsorDevan Seabaugh
Primary sponsorEddie Lumsden
Primary sponsorJesse Petrea
Primary sponsorSteven Sainz

Action timeline

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View full action timeline12 actions⌄
  1. Jan 12, 2026

    Senate Recommitted

    Referral CommitteeSenate
  2. Mar 27, 2025

    Senate Read Second Time

    Reading 2Senate
  3. Mar 27, 2025

    Senate Committee Favorably Reported

    Committee Passage FavorableSenate
  4. Mar 10, 2025

    Senate Read and Referred

    Referral CommitteeSenate
  5. Mar 6, 2025

    House Passed/Adopted By Substitute

    PassageHouse
  6. Mar 6, 2025

    House Third Readers

    Reading 3House
  7. Feb 27, 2025

    House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    Committee Passage FavorableHouse
  8. Feb 20, 2025

    House Withdrawn, Recommitted

    Referral CommitteeWithdrawalHouse
  9. Feb 13, 2025

    House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    Committee Passage FavorableHouse
  10. Jan 16, 2025

    House Second Readers

    Reading 2House
  11. Jan 15, 2025

    House First Readers

    Reading 1House
  12. Jan 14, 2025

    House Hopper

    IntroductionHouse

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Source data last updated Jun 15, 2026.