Fabio
108 lines
6.3 KiB
Markdown
108 lines
6.3 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "Special License Plates; establish an \"America First\" specialty license plate"
|
||
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting or supporting certain worthy agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations and qualified motor vehicles or drivers with proceeds deposited into the general fund, so as to establish an \"America First\" specialty license plate; to provide for conditions for the production of such license plates; to provide for discontinuing the manufacture of such license plates in certain instances; to provide for the disposition of funds to the general fund; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
|
||
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2025_26"
|
||
identifier: "SB 291"
|
||
citation: "Georgia SB 291 (2025_26)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC"]
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Blake Tillery", "Bo Hatchett", "Brandon Beach", "Brian Strickland", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "Drew Echols", "Ed Setzler", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "John F. Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Mike Hodges", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Shawn Still", "Steve Gooch"]
|
||
version_count: 7
|
||
action_count: 17
|
||
vote_count: 5
|
||
first_action: "2025-02-26"
|
||
last_action: "2026-01-01"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aebb0ed0-1d93-4cb3-a425-e2999663c7dd"
|
||
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
|
||
source_hash: "05b4c94e2a45db0ec6e0aeacb2efdca9a6eaf528ce8003bd7d18e11d2ca58711"
|
||
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 291 (2025_26) — Special License Plates; establish an "America First" specialty license plate
|
||
|
||
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting or supporting certain worthy agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations and qualified motor vehicles or drivers with proceeds deposited into the general fund, so as to establish an "America First" specialty license plate; to provide for conditions for the production of such license plates; to provide for discontinuing the manufacture of such license plates in certain instances; to provide for the disposition of funds to the general fund; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 4643** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234217.pdf)
|
||
2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235562.pdf)
|
||
3. **Committee sub LC 39 4711S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234760.pdf)
|
||
4. **Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235560.pdf)
|
||
5. **Floor Amend 1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235561.pdf)
|
||
6. **LC 39 4743S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235954.pdf)
|
||
7. **SB 291/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239537.pdf)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- Senate Vote #190 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **24–32** (fail) · upper
|
||
- House Vote #393 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **95–68** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Senate Vote #189 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **34–22** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Senate Vote #191 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **33–23** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Senate Vote #472 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **33–21** (pass) · upper
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
|
||
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
|
||
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
|
||
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
|
||
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
|
||
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
|
||
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
|
||
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
|
||
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
|
||
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
|
||
- Drew Echols — primary (person)
|
||
- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
|
||
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
|
||
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
|
||
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
|
||
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
|
||
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
|
||
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
|
||
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
|
||
- Max Burns — primary (person)
|
||
- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
|
||
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
|
||
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
|
||
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
|
||
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2025-02-26** Senate Hopper `introduction`
|
||
- **2025-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2025-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
|
||
- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
|
||
- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
|
||
- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
|
||
- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
|
||
- **2025-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2025-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
|
||
- **2025-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
|
||
- **2025-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
|
||
- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
|
||
- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
|
||
- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
|
||
- **2025-05-14** Act 301 `executive-signature`
|
||
- **2026-01-01** Effective Date
|
||
|
||
## Source
|
||
|
||
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aebb0ed0-1d93-4cb3-a425-e2999663c7dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
|
||
|