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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Military; war veterans; change definition"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to war veterans home, so as to change the definition of the term \"war veterans\"; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 322"
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citation: "Georgia HB 322 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Jesse Petrea", "John Deffenbaugh", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Lee Hawkins", "Terry Rogers"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-10"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c411c6af-837a-473a-ae95-bd967c770d42"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "02b4d7015e8c99967047a844cac900fcd84d48b843347332f48fc60c9ea08dfa"
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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 322 (2017_18) — Military; war veterans; change definition
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to war veterans home, so as to change the definition of the term "war veterans"; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
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- John Deffenbaugh — primary (person)
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- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-10** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-09** Act 255 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/c411c6af-837a-473a-ae95-bd967c770d42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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