republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-293.md

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Bill	License Plates for Certain Veterans; the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; increase	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-85.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license plates for certain veterans, so as to increase the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 293	Georgia SB 293 (2025_26)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC	enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Drew Echols Ed Harbison Ed Setzler Emanuel Jones Freddie Powell Sims Greg Dolezal Harold Jones II Jason Anavitarte Jason Esteves John Albers John F. Kennedy Josh McLaurin Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Sheikh Rahman Steve Gooch Timothy Bearden	8	20	5	2025-02-27	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2fbaad11-90bb-46a5-bd33-16a76a87728d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	72d2d1a44ca82a712d9d7e9a666cf3b621f279fd5fadc06d4eabc99481a3ef4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 293 (2025_26) — License Plates for Certain Veterans; the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; increase

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-85.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license plates for certain veterans, so as to increase the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 39 4673 (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 4761S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 5060S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 293/AP* (committee substitute) — source
6. SFA to SB 293 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 39 0516 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Floor Amend 1A AM 39 0524 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #860 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 43–3 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #799 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 168–1 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #715 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 169–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #192 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #861 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 41–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jason Esteves — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-27 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2025-04-04 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-03-12 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2026-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 503 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2fbaad11-90bb-46a5-bd33-16a76a87728d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).