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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State government; placement of monument on capitol grounds; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state flag, seal, and other symbols, so as to provide for placement of a monument depicting the Ten Commandments, Preamble to the state Constitution, and Preamble to the United States Constitution; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 702"
+citation: "Georgia HB 702 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greg Morris", "Paul Battles", "Randy Nix"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-12-05"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b8c5f28-3dc2-4316-a3ae-ae9476951bc5"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "a8e578f6a26bf6c18aef9b86f76df0ce29575335970e42801dc29fa36f5b0ade"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 702 (2013_14) — State government; placement of monument on capitol grounds; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state flag, seal, and other symbols, so as to provide for placement of a monument depicting the Ten Commandments, Preamble to the state Constitution, and Preamble to the United States Constitution; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 702/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143471.pdf)
+2. **LC 40 0439/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137393.pdf)
+3. **LC 40 0439/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137269.pdf)
+4. **LC 40 0586S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141891.pdf)
+5. **LC 40 0586S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141319.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **138–37** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greg Morris — primary (person)
+- Paul Battles — primary (person)
+- Randy Nix — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-12-05** House Prefiled `introduction`
+- **2014-01-13** House Hopper
+- **2014-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-29** Act 661 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b8c5f28-3dc2-4316-a3ae-ae9476951bc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+