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type: "Bill"
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title: "Special license plates; honoring service members killed in action; provide at no cost to eligible family members"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, so as to provide for the issuance of special license plates honoring family members of service members killed in action at no cost to eligible family members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 287"
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citation: "Georgia HB 287 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Calvin Smyre", "Eddie Lumsden", "Terry England", "Tom Kirby", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-08"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afa699da-b3f4-4e4f-bba9-0b9493401246"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "adb3f26b609c28d72efb278e6b128a00eb09354f1cee81f14cd681642d13a565"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 287 (2017_18) — Special license plates; honoring service members killed in action; provide at no cost to eligible family members
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, so as to provide for the issuance of special license plates honoring family members of service members killed in action at no cost to eligible family members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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- Tom Kirby — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 307 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afa699da-b3f4-4e4f-bba9-0b9493401246`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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