# Georgia SB 130: Health; medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; expand

Georgia SB 130, Health; medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; expand, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Billy Hickman (Republican), Mike Hodges (Republican), Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican) and 2 others; status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Effective Date); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 130
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Health; medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; expand
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-10
- Last action: 2025-07-01, Effective Date
- Sponsors: Billy Hickman (Republican), Mike Hodges (Republican), Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican), Shawn Still (Republican), Ben Watson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Health, Health and Human Services, General Bill
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (207 yes, 11 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More service-based loans for Georgia physician trainees: benefit, medium. Georgia expands its service-cancelable health-care loans to physicians in accredited residency or fellowship programs. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, and their programs must be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The program is designed to let bor…
- More training funds for Georgia medical programs: benefit, low. Georgia expands medical training support, paying qualifying institutions up to $10,000 per resident or fellow each year. Payments go to institutions, not directly to physicians. Hospital authorities qualify through teaching hospitals with approved residency or fellowship programs. Other institution…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Billy Hickman (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Mike Hodges (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Shawn Still (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Ben Watson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rick Townsend (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-31 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 155 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025-02-26 | Senate | PASSAGE | pass | 52 | 4 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-07-01: Effective Date
- 2025-05-13: Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-05-13: Act 185
- 2025-04-07: Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-31: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-20: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-02-28: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-02-27: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-02-26: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- SB 130/AP* (v5): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238592)

## Related bills

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- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [SB 130/AP* (v5) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238592)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB130-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).