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type: "Bill"
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title: "License Plates; specialty license plate honoring Girl Scouts of Georgia; establish"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license plates promoting or supporting certain agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations with proceeds disbursed to the general fund and the agency, fund, or nonprofit corporation, so as to establish a specialty license plate honoring Girl Scouts of Georgia; to establish a specialty plate honoring the 250th anniversary of the United States of America's independence; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 524"
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citation: "Georgia SB 524 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Chuck Payne", "Elena Parent", "John Albers", "Kenya Wicks", "Larry Walker, III", "Marty Harbin", "Sonya Halpern", "Timothy Bearden"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-18"
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last_action: "2027-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a867926-74bc-4979-a42c-c4c363acadf7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0b1fe2f89a1ea4065a32363e8ce267dbcd205fba2d577dcdf3cfc5845e8f7a77"
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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 SB 524 (2025_26) — License Plates; specialty license plate honoring Girl Scouts of Georgia; establish
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license plates promoting or supporting certain agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations with proceeds disbursed to the general fund and the agency, fund, or nonprofit corporation, so as to establish a specialty license plate honoring Girl Scouts of Georgia; to establish a specialty plate honoring the 250th anniversary of the United States of America's independence; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for 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. **As Introduced LC 39 4948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243039.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245028.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 39 4992S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244323.pdf)
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4. **SB 524/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246167.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #704 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **155–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #621 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kenya Wicks — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-18** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 517 `executive-signature`
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- **2027-01-01** 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/7a867926-74bc-4979-a42c-c4c363acadf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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