---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge; Union County; dedicate"
description: "A RESOLUTION recognizing United States military veterans of the Vietnam War and dedicating a bridge in their honor; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SR 863"
citation: "Georgia SR 863 (2015_16)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-01-29"
last_action: "2016-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9979b42-82a2-4bc6-975e-5f3ec78ededd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3adbb7b3dc368d395af39c06db622c383c78ebbbf58e35879822c6079c719f2b"
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 SR 863 (2015_16) — Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge; Union County; dedicate

A RESOLUTION recognizing United States military veterans of the Vietnam War and dedicating a bridge in their honor; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As adopted Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159015.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 39 1164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156059.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 39 1342S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158593.pdf)
4. **LC 39 1412S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160985.pdf)
5. **SR 863/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162290.pdf)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR FOR COMMEMORATIVE RESOLUTIONS — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-01-29** Senate Hopper
- **2016-02-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 531 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9979b42-82a2-4bc6-975e-5f3ec78ededd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).