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79 lines
3.6 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Military; additional time period of service in the definition of \"war veteran\"; include"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the war veterans home, so as to include an additional time period of service in the definition of \"war veteran\"; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 907"
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citation: "Georgia HB 907 (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: ["Bill Hitchens", "Brian Prince", "Dave Belton", "Heath Clark", "Josh Bonner", "Steven Sainz"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-05"
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last_action: "2020-07-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75b35b26-f582-4488-a9c4-a2e99e1c9eac"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a2cc264c3a0ac1f8df189ced4a6992fcccc424f23d34b2620497fada6a7dadfc"
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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 907 (2019_20) — Military; additional time period of service in the definition of "war veteran"; include
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the war veterans home, so as to include an additional time period of service in the definition of "war veteran"; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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. **HB 907/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194593.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 9568/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189561.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **159–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- Heath Clark — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-05** House Hopper
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- **2020-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-15** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, 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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- **2020-06-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** Act 500 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** 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/75b35b26-f582-4488-a9c4-a2e99e1c9eac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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