Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-225.md
T
2026-07-06 17:26:56 -04:00

86 lines
4.5 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "License Plates; individuals who served in the armed forces for an ally of the United States during active military combat; provide a veteran's license plate"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to provide for a veteran's license plate to individuals who served in the armed forces for an ally of the United States during active military combat; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Georgia SB 225 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Payne", "Ed Harbison", "Lester Jackson", "Matt Brass", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Mike Dugan", "Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/309afa99-305a-41b0-a621-e14f58177f36"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b1ec9d4c75677769d0a25691acd32060a8054c358aed98d67c8c762a1e217581"
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 SB 225 (2021_22) — License Plates; individuals who served in the armed forces for an ally of the United States during active military combat; provide a veteran's license plate
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to provide for a veteran's license plate to individuals who served in the armed forces for an ally of the United States during active military combat; 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. **As introduced LC 39 2930** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198304.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200010.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199978.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200004.pdf)
5. **LC 39 3032S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200617.pdf)
6. **SB 225/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202124.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **50–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-22** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-08** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 145 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/309afa99-305a-41b0-a621-e14f58177f36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).