republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-985.md

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Bill	Veterans affairs; revise terms of eligibility for persons to be buried in Georgia veteran 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 revise the terms of eligibility for persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries; to provide for a definition; to require an affidavit in certain circumstances; to provide for applicability; to provide for fees; to provide for the Veterans Service Board to have certain discretion; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 985	Georgia HB 985 (2025_26)	bill	MILITARY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND VETERANS AFFAIRS	enacted	Bill Hitchens Bill Werkheiser Brian Prince Danny Mathis Josh Bonner Sandy Donatucci	2	16	3	2026-01-15	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/388039f0-919c-4935-adb7-e36bae9c8dfa	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8861742757f028454f175faa10146ef4d274042a8e9c14f1d459cba56a3f829a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 985 (2025_26) — Veterans affairs; revise terms of eligibility for persons to be buried in Georgia veteran 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 revise the terms of eligibility for persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries; to provide for a definition; to require an affidavit in certain circumstances; to provide for applicability; to provide for fees; to provide for the Veterans Service Board to have certain discretion; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; 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 985/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 46 1342/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #477 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 173–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #850 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 26–22 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
• Brian Prince — primary (person)
• Danny Mathis — primary (person)
• Josh Bonner — primary (person)
• Sandy Donatucci — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-15 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-01-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-05 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-02-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-27 Senate Tabled
• 2026-03-27 Senate Taken from Table
• 2026-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 441 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/388039f0-919c-4935-adb7-e36bae9c8dfa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).