---
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).