Georgia veterans; allow certain persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “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 allow certain persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Show all 16 actions
House Hopper · Jan 14, 2025
House First Readers · Jan 15, 2025
House Second Readers · Jan 16, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 12, 2025
House Third Readers · Feb 20, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Feb 20, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 21, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 20, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 21, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 25, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 25, 2025
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Mar 27, 2025
House Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
House Date Signed by Governor · May 13, 2025
Act 179 · May 13, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
Agree to Senate SubstituteHouse · 2025-03-27 · yea 163, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 13
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-25 · yea 54, nay 0, notVoting 1, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-02-20 · yea 164, nay 0, notVoting 13, excused 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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