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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Returning Veterans Task Force; create; membership"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to veterans' benefits, so as to create the Returning Veterans Task Force; to provide for membership; to provide for duties; to provide for recommendations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "SB 76"
+citation: "Georgia SB 76 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas", "Ed Harbison", "Emanuel Jones", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Lester Jackson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-01-29"
+last_action: "2013-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9fd8f10-c55f-4f5a-b64b-f23e086f9b34"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "85afb73d92eedf58af3cfc7e1a73e8d9786aa3ce2ca5064f63f328b6ffc7150a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 76 (2013_14) — Returning Veterans Task Force; create; membership
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to veterans' benefits, so as to create the Returning Veterans Task Force; to provide for membership; to provide for duties; to provide for recommendations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 21 1980** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128949.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133099.pdf)
+3. **SB 76/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136902.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Lucas — primary (person)
+- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
+- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
+- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
+- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-01-29** Senate Hopper
+- **2013-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-06** Act 174 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9fd8f10-c55f-4f5a-b64b-f23e086f9b34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+