Georgia House Bill 840 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-09 - House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions, so as to provide for biennial review of institutions rather than programs; to provide for awards of costs and reasonable attorney's fees in favor of the commission; to provide for alternative review of renewal applications by institutions in good standing with recognized accrediting agencies; to provide for filing a surety bond in the event of a change of ownership of an institution; to provide for the remittal of surety bonds; to provide for assessment of investigation costs incurred by the commission; to provide for related matters; to provide for conforming changes; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions; biennial review of institutions rather than programs; provide

Rep. Marcus Wiedower [R]	Rep. Houston Gaines [R]	Rep. Trey Kelley [R]	Rep. Steven Sainz [R]
Rep. Jan Jones [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-09	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2020-01-31	House	House Second Readers
2020-01-30	House	House First Readers
2020-01-29	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/56989
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/188778
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/192701