--- title: HB 1391. Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb1391 cite_as: HB 1391, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1391 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1391.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1391/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73429 date: 2026-05-12 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1390.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1392.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 949 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1391.md?full=1 bill_number: HB 1391 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: bill status_date: 2026-05-12 last_action: Effective Date 2027-01-01 sponsors: - Tim Fleming - Bill Hitchens - Clint Crowe - Eddie Lumsden - Karen Mathiak - Lauren McDonald - John Albers text_version: Enrolled has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB1391/2025 upstream_id: 2120619 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - license plates - public safety officers - vehicle registration - nonprofit funding --- # HB 1391. Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish ## Text House Bill 1391 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Fleming of the 114th, Hitchens of the 161st, Crowe of the 118th, Lumsden of the 12th, Mathiak of the 82nd, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license plates promoting or supporting certain agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations with proceeds disbursed to the general fund and the agency, fund, or nonprofit corporation, so as to establish a specialty license plate honoring public safety officers; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license plates promoting or supporting certain agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations with proceeds disbursed to the general fund and the agency, fund, or nonprofit corporation, is amended by adding a new paragraph to subsection (l) to read as follows: "(76) A special license plate honoring public safety officers. The funds raised by the sale of this special license plate shall be disbursed to the Georgia Public Safety Foundation, Inc." SECTION 2. In accordance with the requirements of Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(n) of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, this Act shall not become law unless it receives the requisite two-thirds' majority vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. SECTION 3. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2027. SECTION 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. House Bill 1391 would create a new Georgia specialty license plate honoring public safety officers, with proceeds going to the Georgia Public Safety Foundation, Inc. ### Plain-language summary Georgia law already allows drivers to buy specialty license plates that support various agencies, funds, and nonprofit groups, with the extra fee split between the state general fund and the named organization. This bill adds one more plate to that list: a special license plate honoring public safety officers. Money raised from selling this new plate would go to the Georgia Public Safety Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization. Because the Georgia Constitution requires a two-thirds vote in both chambers for laws creating this kind of dedicated fee arrangement, the bill only becomes law if it clears that higher threshold, which the bill notes it did (it is recorded as passed). If enacted, the change would take effect on January 1, 2027. ### What it does - Adds a new specialty license plate to Georgia's list of plates that support specific agencies or nonprofits, honoring public safety officers. - Directs that money raised from selling the new plate go to the Georgia Public Safety Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization. - States that the law only takes effect if it received the two-thirds majority vote required by the Georgia Constitution for this type of funding law. - Sets the effective date for the new plate program as January 1, 2027. ### Who it affects Georgia drivers who choose to purchase the new specialty plate, the Georgia Department of Revenue and county tag offices that issue license plates, and the Georgia Public Safety Foundation, Inc., which would receive the plate's proceeds. ### Why it matters Drivers who want to show support for public safety officers would get a new option when registering their vehicles, and the extra fee they pay would provide a funding stream for the Georgia Public Safety Foundation, giving the nonprofit ongoing revenue tied to plate sales rather than a one-time appropriation. ### Key provisions - Section 1 amends O.C.G.A. ยง 40-2-86 by adding paragraph (76), creating a special license plate honoring public safety officers with proceeds sent to the Georgia Public Safety Foundation, Inc. - Section 2 requires the Act to receive a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate under the Georgia Constitution's rules for this kind of dedicated-fee law. - Section 3 sets the effective date as January 1, 2027. - Section 4 repeals any conflicting laws. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-05-12) - Last action: Effective Date 2027-01-01 (2026-05-12) - Sponsors: Tim Fleming, Bill Hitchens, Clint Crowe, Eddie Lumsden, Karen Mathiak, Lauren McDonald, John Albers - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73429 > The history, votes, and amendments (949 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1391.md?full=1