---
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).