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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vince Dooley Battlefield Trust Fund Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parks, historic areas, memorials, and recreation, so as to create the Vince Dooley Battlefield Trust Fund and Vince Dooley Battlefield Trust Fund Program; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide matching grants to organizations seeking to acquire property interests in certain battlefields; to provide for procedures, requirements, and limitations for such fund and program; to provide for application and review criteria; to provide for expenditure of funds; to provide for annual accounting; to require that any acquisition include a perpetual conservation easement placing restrictions on the use or development of the property or interest therein; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 454"
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citation: "Georgia HB 454 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES", "PROPERTY"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Clint Crowe", "Gary Richardson", "Houston Gaines", "Jason Ridley", "Marcus Wiedower", "Trey Rhodes"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-13"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b030ce62-6ae2-42e3-8fff-b312452f1623"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "07dc4f2d1bd364ddedd72864f9645b0a19cde5d372cf4ee581d9b789f0db515c"
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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 454 (2025_26) — Vince Dooley Battlefield Trust Fund Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parks, historic areas, memorials, and recreation, so as to create the Vince Dooley Battlefield Trust Fund and Vince Dooley Battlefield Trust Fund Program; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide matching grants to organizations seeking to acquire property interests in certain battlefields; to provide for procedures, requirements, and limitations for such fund and program; to provide for application and review criteria; to provide for expenditure of funds; to provide for annual accounting; to require that any acquisition include a perpetual conservation easement placing restrictions on the use or development of the property or interest therein; 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. **HB 454/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239064.pdf)
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2. **LC 59 0090/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232431.pdf)
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3. **LC 59 0113S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234877.pdf)
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4. **LC 59 0113S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234300.pdf)
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5. **Sen Ctee sub LC 59 0143S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236533.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #138 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **157–14** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #388 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
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- Gary Richardson — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-13** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-25** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-12** Act 116 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/b030ce62-6ae2-42e3-8fff-b312452f1623`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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