All Roll Calls
Yes: 207 • No: 11
GeorgiaSB 1302025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Health; medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; expand
Sponsored By: Billy Hickman (Republican), Mike Hodges (Republican), Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican), Shawn Still (Republican), Ben Watson (Republican)
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
More rural health loans for clinicians
The law expands Georgia’s service-cancelable loan program to grow the rural health workforce. Loans are open to physicians (including residents and fellows), dentists, physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, and fourth-year dental students. You must be a U.S. citizen or national; clinicians must be licensed in Georgia, and medical training must be in an ACGME-accredited program. You can repay the loan by agreeing to practice in an underserved rural Georgia area. The program can also give grants to hospitals, local governments, and groups that provide matching funds. When the Board has money, it gives first priority to certain state student loan and scholarship programs named in law.
Funding and limits for teaching hospitals
The state pays teaching hospitals up to $10,000 per resident or fellow each year in ACGME-accredited training. Hospitals must certify trainee counts, and the Board of Health Care Workforce sets the rules for certification and payment. Money comes from annual state funding; if funds are short, all payments are cut by the same percentage. No new hospitals are added to the program until money is set aside for them. The law also clarifies which hospitals qualify, including those with a 24/7 emergency room or a CMS certification number.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Billy Hickman
Republican • Senate
Mike Hodges
Republican • Senate
Kay Kirkpatrick
Republican • Senate
Shawn Still
Republican • Senate
Ben Watson
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Rick Townsend
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/31/2025
PASSAGE
Yes: 155 • No: 7
Senate vote • 2/26/2025
PASSAGE
Yes: 52 • No: 4
Actions Timeline
Effective Date
7/1/2025Senate Date Signed by Governor
5/13/2025SenateAct 185
5/13/2025Senate Sent to Governor
4/7/2025SenateHouse Third Readers
3/31/2025HouseHouse Passed/Adopted
3/31/2025HouseHouse Committee Favorably Reported
3/20/2025HouseHouse Second Readers
2/28/2025HouseHouse First Readers
2/27/2025HouseSenate Third Read
2/26/2025SenateSenate Passed/Adopted
2/26/2025SenateSenate Read Second Time
2/21/2025SenateSenate Committee Favorably Reported
2/20/2025SenateSenate Read and Referred
2/11/2025SenateSenate Hopper
2/10/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB 130/AP* (v5)
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