Veterans affairs; revise terms of eligibility for persons to be buried in Georgia veteran cemeteries
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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 revise the terms of eligibility for persons to be buried in Georgia veterans cemeteries;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
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; t
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Where it is
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House Hopper · Jan 15, 2026
House First Readers · Jan 16, 2026
House Second Readers · Jan 27, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported · Jan 28, 2026
House Third Readers · Feb 5, 2026
House Passed/Adopted · Feb 5, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 6, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 18, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 19, 2026
Senate Tabled · Mar 27, 2026
Senate Taken from Table · Mar 27, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 27, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 27, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 11, 2026
Act 441 · May 11, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
PASSAGESenate · 2026-03-27 · yea 48, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 5
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-02-05 · yea 173, nay 0, notVoting 5, excused 2
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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