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type: "Bill"
title: "Returning Veterans Task Force; create; membership"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to veterans' benefits, so as to create the Returning Veterans Task Force; to provide for membership; to provide for duties; to provide for recommendations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "Georgia SB 76 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas", "Ed Harbison", "Emanuel Jones", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Lester Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-29"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9fd8f10-c55f-4f5a-b64b-f23e086f9b34"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "85afb73d92eedf58af3cfc7e1a73e8d9786aa3ce2ca5064f63f328b6ffc7150a"
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 SB 76 (2013_14) — Returning Veterans Task Force; create; membership
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to veterans' benefits, so as to create the Returning Veterans Task Force; to provide for membership; to provide for duties; to provide for recommendations; 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 21 1980** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128949.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133099.pdf)
3. **SB 76/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136902.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **510** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David Lucas — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-01-29** Senate Hopper
- **2013-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 174 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9fd8f10-c55f-4f5a-b64b-f23e086f9b34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).