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Bill Georgia veterans; allow certain persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia veterans cemeteries, so as to allow certain persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries; to provide for definitions; to provide for fees; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 53 Georgia HB 53 (2025_26)
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MILITARY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
enacted
Bethany Ballard
Brian Prince
Chas Cannon
David Clark
Josh Bonner
Noelle Kahaian
3 16 3 2025-01-14 2025-07-01 openstates ocd-bill/e2779cb9-fb0c-4316-91a2-4deadd98f135 http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl 3634bc0472be5778dc721811bb57f1e40c98f26f8e7c27f54a5d6a0eafa6600b 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Georgia HB 53 (2025_26) — Georgia veterans; allow certain persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia veterans cemeteries, so as to allow certain persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries; to provide for definitions; to provide for fees; to provide for legislative findings; 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. HB 53/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 46 0970/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Sen Ctee Sub LC 46 1224S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #327 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1630 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #279 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 540 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #48 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1640 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
  • Brian Prince — primary (person)
  • Chas Cannon — primary (person)
  • David Clark — primary (person)
  • Josh Bonner — primary (person)
  • Noelle Kahaian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-14 House Hopper introduction
  • 2025-01-15 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-01-16 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-02-12 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2025-02-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2025-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2025-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2025-03-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2025-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2025-03-27 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-05-13 Act 179 executive-signature
  • 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2779cb9-fb0c-4316-91a2-4deadd98f135. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).