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| Bill | Motor vehicles; veterans' license to any person who is a United States citizen and resident of this state who served in the military for an ally of the United States during a time of war or other conflict; authorize issuance | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance, expiration, and renewal of licenses, so as to authorize the issuance of veterans' licenses to any person who is a United States citizen and resident of this state who served in the military for an ally of the United States during a time of war or other conflict; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 819 | Georgia HB 819 (2019_20) |
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Georgia HB 819 (2019_20) — Motor vehicles; veterans' license to any person who is a United States citizen and resident of this state who served in the military for an ally of the United States during a time of war or other conflict; authorize issuance
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance, expiration, and renewal of licenses, so as to authorize the issuance of veterans' licenses to any person who is a United States citizen and resident of this state who served in the military for an ally of the United States during a time of war or other conflict; 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.
- Floor Amendment AM 50 0002 (committee substitute) — source
- HB 819/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- HB 819/FA (committee substitute) — source
- LC 39 2465/a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 1 AM 39 0301 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 162–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Bee Nguyen — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
- Sam Park — primary (person)
- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-27 House Hopper
- 2020-01-28 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2020-01-29 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2020-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-02-25 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2020-02-25 House Passed/Adopted As Amended
passage - 2020-02-26 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2020-06-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-06-19 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2020-06-25 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2020-06-25 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended
passage - 2020-06-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2020-06-30 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2020-08-04 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-08-04 Act 568
executive-signature - 2020-08-04 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f17cfb8-12c9-41f0-acf0-b1eaf2ea00bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).