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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Tuskegee University; specialty license plate; establish"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting and supporting certain beneficial projects, agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations, so as to establish a specialty license plate to benefit Tuskegee University; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "SB 137"
+citation: "Georgia SB 137 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas", "Ed Harbison", "Freddie Sims", "Gail Davenport", "Gloria Butler", "Horacena Tate", "Steve Henson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-20"
+last_action: "2019-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff248edd-3e8f-4871-bee1-d3fb6c1d7fa5"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "740904fe4eb83a42eb93de92d4ef00a45ca2b4f010db440d5e6b9a3a057091a9"
+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 137 (2019_20) — Tuskegee University; specialty license plate; establish
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting and supporting certain beneficial projects, agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations, so as to establish a specialty license plate to benefit Tuskegee University; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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 47 0094** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182014.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183234.pdf)
+3. **SB 137/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185608.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **54–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Lucas — primary (person)
+- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
+- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
+- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
+- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
+- Horacena Tate — primary (person)
+- Steve Henson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-20** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Act 284 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff248edd-3e8f-4871-bee1-d3fb6c1d7fa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+