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Bill	"Senator Jack Hill Veterans' Act"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax returns and furnishing of information, so as to authorize Georgia taxpayers to make certain voluntary contributions through the income tax payment and refund process to aid and assist service disabled veterans through a qualified service disabled veterans benefit organization; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions and limitations; to require surety; to provide for the remittance of recovered funds to the general fund; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 87	Georgia SB 87 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Brian Strickland Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Carden Summers Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler David Lucas Dean Burke Ed Harbison Elena Parent Emanuel Jones Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Greg Dolezal Harold Jones II Jason Anavitarte Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Kim Jackson Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Lester Jackson Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Michelle Au Mike Dugan Nan Orrock Nikki Merritt Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sally Harrell Sheikh Rahman Sonya Halpern Tonya Anderson Tyler Harper	4	16	1	2021-02-03	2022-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/3f2c8d39-8e47-478c-a1f7-1bf8a056f1a1	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7e5506216758f484d57a5842c9d16d9fb00469770fc64e1940b5a6325ad6aa65	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 87 (2021_22) — "Senator Jack Hill Veterans' Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax returns and furnishing of information, so as to authorize Georgia taxpayers to make certain voluntary contributions through the income tax payment and refund process to aid and assist service disabled veterans through a qualified service disabled veterans benefit organization; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions and limitations; to require surety; to provide for the remittance of recovered funds to the general fund; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 43 1825 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 43 2232S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 87/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Michelle Au — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-03 Senate Hopper
• 2021-02-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-02-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-02-16 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-02-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-03-30 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-18 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-04-18 Act 642 executive-signature
• 2022-04-18 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f2c8d39-8e47-478c-a1f7-1bf8a056f1a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).