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+type: "Bill"
+title: "License Plates; individuals who served in the armed forces for an ally of the United States during active military combat; provide a veteran's license plate"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to provide for a veteran's license plate to individuals who served in the armed forces for an ally of the United States during active military combat; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "SB 225"
+citation: "Georgia SB 225 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Payne", "Ed Harbison", "Lester Jackson", "Matt Brass", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Mike Dugan", "Tonya Anderson"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-22"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/309afa99-305a-41b0-a621-e14f58177f36"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b1ec9d4c75677769d0a25691acd32060a8054c358aed98d67c8c762a1e217581"
+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 225 (2021_22) — License Plates; individuals who served in the armed forces for an ally of the United States during active military combat; provide a veteran's license plate
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to provide for a veteran's license plate to individuals who served in the armed forces for an ally of the United States during active military combat; to provide for related matters; 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 39 2930** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198304.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200010.pdf)
+3. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199978.pdf)
+4. **Floor amend 1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200004.pdf)
+5. **LC 39 3032S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200617.pdf)
+6. **SB 225/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202124.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
+- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
+- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
+- Matt Brass — primary (person)
+- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
+- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
+- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-22** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-08** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-08** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Act 145 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/309afa99-305a-41b0-a621-e14f58177f36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+