---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special license plates; Alabama A&M University; 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 Alabama A&M 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: "HB 339"
citation: "Georgia HB 339 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Dewey McClain", "Mike Glanton", "Patty Bentley", "Roger Bruce"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1372cb73-df82-41b5-9171-75dff0f5e1c2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1173051e0218d4da32b89d0a2b424927ee8110af25517a217884e07780bacac8"
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 339 (2019_20) — Special license plates; Alabama A&M University; 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 Alabama A&M 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. **HB 339/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187583.pdf)
2. **LC 39 2124/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181650.pdf)
3. **SCSFA to HB 339** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186595.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 2342S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185035.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 39 0274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186439.pdf)
6. **Senate Floor Amend 1 AM 39 0266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185963.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **156–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Dewey McClain — primary (person)
- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
- Roger Bruce — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** House Hopper
- **2019-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 276 `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/1372cb73-df82-41b5-9171-75dff0f5e1c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).