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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterans affairs; revise terms of eligibility for persons to be buried in Georgia veteran cemeteries"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia veterans cemeteries, so as to revise the terms of eligibility for persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries; to provide for a definition; to require an affidavit in certain circumstances; to provide for applicability; to provide for fees; to provide for the Veterans Service Board to have certain discretion; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; 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 985"
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citation: "Georgia HB 985 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["MILITARY", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "AND VETERANS AFFAIRS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Bill Werkheiser", "Brian Prince", "Danny Mathis", "Josh Bonner", "Sandy Donatucci"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-15"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/388039f0-919c-4935-adb7-e36bae9c8dfa"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8861742757f028454f175faa10146ef4d274042a8e9c14f1d459cba56a3f829a"
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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 985 (2025_26) — Veterans affairs; revise terms of eligibility for persons to be buried in Georgia veteran cemeteries
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia veterans cemeteries, so as to revise the terms of eligibility for persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries; to provide for a definition; to require an affidavit in certain circumstances; to provide for applicability; to provide for fees; to provide for the Veterans Service Board to have certain discretion; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; 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 985/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248112.pdf)
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2. **LC 46 1342/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239907.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #477 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **173–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #850 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **26–22** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Sandy Donatucci — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-15** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 441 `executive-signature`
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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/388039f0-919c-4935-adb7-e36bae9c8dfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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