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2025-2026 Regular Session

HB454

Vince Dooley Battlefield Trust Fund Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parks, historic areas, memorials, and recreation, so as to create the Vince Dooley Battlefield Trust Fund and Vince Dooley Battlefield Trust Fund Program; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide matching grants to organizations seeking to acquire property interests in certain battlefields; to provide for procedures, requirements, and limitations for such fund and program; to provide for application and review criteria; to provide for expenditure of funds; to provide for annual accounting; to require that any acquisition include a perpetual conservation easement placing restrictions on the use or development of the property or interest therein; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Legislative progress

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House committee substitute February 27, 2025 Senate committee substitute March 20, 2025 Senate committee reassignment March 25, 2025 Sent to Governor April 8, 2025 Governor approved May 12, 2025 Became law May 12, 2025

Recorded floor votes

2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 3, 2025 · House

Passage: House Vote #138

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

157 yea–14 nay · 4 not voting · 5 absent

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April 2, 2025 · Senate

Passage: Senate Vote #388

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

47 yea–0 nay · 9 not voting

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Committee referrals

March 4, 2025 · Senate

Rules

Instrument history

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  1. State Effective Date 2025-07-01
  2. State Act 116
  3. House House Date Signed by Governor
  4. House House Sent to Governor
  5. Senate Senate Passed/Adopted View roll call
  6. Senate Senate Third Read
  7. Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
  8. Senate Senate Recommitted
  9. Senate Senate Read Second Time
  10. Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  11. Senate Senate Read and Referred
  12. House House Passed/Adopted By Substitute View roll call
  13. House House Third Readers
  14. House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  15. House House Second Readers
  16. House House First Readers
  17. House House Hopper
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