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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 819"
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citation: "Georgia HB 819 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Bee Nguyen", "Bill Hitchens", "Mike Glanton", "Sam Park", "Terry Rogers"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-01-27"
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last_action: "2020-08-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f17cfb8-12c9-41f0-acf0-b1eaf2ea00bd"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b23df4cfeb76a840f2fffdaf3dc1461ff95ecad8175341420e0d326ecbd7491b"
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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 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
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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.
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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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1. **Floor Amendment AM 50 0002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190888.pdf)
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2. **HB 819/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195302.pdf)
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3. **HB 819/FA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190964.pdf)
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4. **LC 39 2465/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188404.pdf)
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5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 39 0301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194900.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Al Williams — primary (person)
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- Bee Nguyen — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
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- Sam Park — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-27** House Hopper
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- **2020-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2020-06-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-04** Act 568 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-04** 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/9f17cfb8-12c9-41f0-acf0-b1eaf2ea00bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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