Georgia House Bill 454

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 7)
Status: Passed on May 12 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-05-12 - Effective Date 2025-07-01
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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.

Vince Dooley Battlefield Trust Fund Act; enact

Rep. Houston Gaines [R]	Rep. Marcus Wiedower [R]	Rep. Trey Rhodes [R]	Rep. Jason Ridley [R]
Rep. Gary Richardson [R]	Rep. Clint Crowe [R]	Sen. Bill Cowsert [R]

2025-04-02 - Senate - Passage: Senate Vote #388 (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-03 - House - Passage: House Vote #138 (Y: 157 N: 14 NV: 4 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-12		Effective Date 2025-07-01
2025-05-12		Act 116
2025-05-12	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2025-04-08	House	House Sent to Governor
2025-04-02	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2025-04-02	Senate	Senate Third Read
2025-03-31	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2025-03-25	Senate	Senate Recommitted
2025-03-21	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2025-03-20	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2025-03-04	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2025-03-03	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2025-03-03	House	House Third Readers
2025-02-27	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2025-02-19	House	House Second Readers
2025-02-18	House	House First Readers
2025-02-13	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70326
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/232431
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/234300
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/234877
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/236533
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239064
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70326#24975
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70326#25516