---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Service, Department of; nonprofit corporation as a public foundation; authorize incorporation"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Veterans Service, so as to authorize incorporation of a nonprofit corporation as a public foundation; to provide requirements for the same; to provide for the purpose and governance of such public foundation; to provide for annual reports; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 422"
citation: "Georgia HB 422 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Darrel Ealum", "Derrick Jackson", "John Corbett", "John Deffenbaugh", "Terry Rogers"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/748daf93-291f-4a39-885f-4a452219d312"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7bf993afd0e690c6cdccc921d7f778d1b8cde9e7277ff5577038d4357efe17d2"
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 HB 422 (2017_18) — Veterans Service, Department of; nonprofit corporation as a public foundation; authorize incorporation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Veterans Service, so as to authorize incorporation of a nonprofit corporation as a public foundation; to provide requirements for the same; to provide for the purpose and governance of such public foundation; to provide for annual reports; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Darrel Ealum — primary (person)
- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- John Deffenbaugh — primary (person)
- Terry Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** House Hopper
- **2017-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Act 313 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/748daf93-291f-4a39-885f-4a452219d312`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).