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Senate Bill 293 (Act 503), 2026 Captioned as increasing free license plates for certain veterans, enacted with no veteran provision

Needs reviewEnacted

Signed Takes effect

No change to benefits The version signed has no veteran provision; the free plates under Code section 40-2-69 did not change.

The General Assembly’s caption still reads "License Plates for Certain Veterans; the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; increase". The version signed on May 11, 2026 revises license plate penalties, dealer plates and unregistered vehicle permits and contains no veteran provision; the free plates under Code section 40-2-69 did not change. Tracked because the caption describes a change that is not law.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Senate
  2. In committee Done, Senate Public Safety, then House Motor Vehicles
  3. Passed one chamber Done, Senate
  4. Passed both chambers Done, House agreed to the Senate amendment to its substitute
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Lee AndersonSponsor, Republican, Senate, District 24
  • Chuck PayneCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 54
  • Steve GoochCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 51
  • Randy RobertsonCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 29
  • John F. KennedyCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 18
  • Matt BrassCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 6
  • Marty HarbinCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 16
  • Carden SummersCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 13
  • Billy HickmanCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 4
  • Rick WilliamsCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 25
  • Russ GoodmanCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 8
  • Sam WatsonCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 11
  • Jason AnavitarteCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 31
  • Timothy BeardenCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 30
  • Shawn StillCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 48
  • Larry Walker, IIICo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 20
  • Max BurnsCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 23
  • Brian StricklandCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 42
  • John AlbersCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 56
  • Harold Jones IICo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 22
  • Ed HarbisonCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 15
  • Freddie Powell SimsCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 12
  • Emanuel JonesCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 10
  • Drew EcholsCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 49
  • Chuck HufstetlerCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 52
  • Michael 'Doc' RhettCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 33
  • Jason EstevesCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 35
  • Greg DolezalCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 27
  • Bo HatchettCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 50
  • Mike HodgesCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 3
  • Ben WatsonCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 1
  • Kay KirkpatrickCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 32
  • Clint DixonCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 45
  • Ed SetzlerCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 37
  • Josh McLaurinCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 14
  • Sheikh RahmanCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 5
  • John CorbettCo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 174

What it touches

  • O.C.G.A. § 40-2-69

Catalog entry

Official record

Read Senate Bill 293 (Act 503), 2026 on the jurisdiction's own record