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type: "Bill"
title: "Special license plates; include surviving spouse of a sibling of service member killed in action; extend eligibility"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-85.3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates honoring family members of service members killed in action, so as to extend eligibility to apply for such license plates to include a surviving spouse of a sibling of the service member; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 48"
citation: "Georgia HB 48 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks Coleman", "Sheila Jones", "Tom Rice"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-13"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd2948df-2718-4c0b-b206-5f5e4d807fb3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "053753fe18ff5e2263cd70def9679e96da0e2c072edb17b425d01706abb32b7c"
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 HB 48 (2015_16) — Special license plates; include surviving spouse of a sibling of service member killed in action; extend eligibility
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-85.3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates honoring family members of service members killed in action, so as to extend eligibility to apply for such license plates to include a surviving spouse of a sibling of the service member; 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 48/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153747.pdf)
2. **LC 39 0805/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145360.pdf)
3. **LC 39 0981S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151086.pdf)
4. **LC 39 0981S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150648.pdf)
5. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 28 1441** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153075.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1680** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
- Tom Rice — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-01-13** House Hopper
- **2015-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 104 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd2948df-2718-4c0b-b206-5f5e4d807fb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).