All Roll Calls
Yes: 307 • No: 126
GeorgiaHB 1502025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Combating Threats from China Act of 2025 - Higher Education; enact
Sponsored By: Carter Barrett (Republican), Kasey Carpenter (Republican), Katie Dempsey (Republican), Tim Fleming (Republican), Houston Gaines (Republican), Mitchell Scoggins (Republican)
Became Law
Higher EducationGeneral Bill
Your PRIA Score
Score Hidden
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Family tuition payments not reported
Payments by an individual or a family for a student's tuition or related fees are not included in these reports. The student must be affiliated with or attending a University System of Georgia program, class, or course of study. This exemption limits disclosure of family-paid tuition.
Georgia colleges must report foreign funding
The University System of Georgia must file reports by January 31 and July 31 each year. Each report covers the two most recent calendar quarters. It must list all money from a foreign country, entity, or person of concern when total from one source is over $1,000. Funding includes gifts, grants, donations, payments for services, investments, salaries, wages, compensation, and fees. Reports must show the amount, funding type, provider name and address, copies of any contracts, agreements, or MOUs, the purpose, and whether it was one-time or part of a series. A “foreign country of concern” is the list set by the U.S. Commerce Secretary in 15 C.F.R. § 791.4 as of February 4, 2025.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Carter Barrett
Republican • House
Kasey Carpenter
Republican • House
Katie Dempsey
Republican • House
Tim Fleming
Republican • House
Houston Gaines
Republican • House
Mitchell Scoggins
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Clint Dixon
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/4/2025
Agree to Senate Substitute
Yes: 98 • No: 64
Senate vote • 3/31/2025
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE
Yes: 32 • No: 19
Senate vote • 3/31/2025
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 30TH
Yes: 32 • No: 21
House vote • 3/6/2025
PASSAGE
Yes: 145 • No: 22
Actions Timeline
Effective Date
7/1/2025House Date Signed by Governor
5/12/2025HouseAct 127
5/12/2025House Sent to Governor
4/9/2025HouseHouse Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
4/4/2025HouseSenate Third Read
3/31/2025SenateSenate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
3/31/2025SenateSenate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
3/27/2025SenateSenate Read Second Time
3/27/2025SenateSenate Read and Referred
3/10/2025SenateHouse Third Readers
3/6/2025HouseHouse Passed/Adopted By Substitute
3/6/2025HouseHouse Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2/20/2025HouseHouse Second Readers
1/30/2025HouseHouse First Readers
1/29/2025HouseHouse Hopper
1/28/2025House
Bill Text
HB 150/AP* (v10)
Related Bills
HB 90 — Revenue and taxation; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property
HB 739 — Lawrenceville, City of; annexation of certain territory; provide
HB 579 — Professions and businesses; licensure to engage in trade; provisions
SB 566 — Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; the acceptance of tax digests in the event of a publication error made by a newspaper; provide
SB 284 — "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008,"; issuance of orders by the Commissioner of Securities directing persons who have violated certain securities provisions to return; authorize
HB 413 — Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land