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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State holidays; second Wednesday of February of each year as National Swearing-in Day in Georgia; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to provide that the second Wednesday of February of each year shall be designated as \"National Swearing-in Day\" in Georgia; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 208"
+citation: "Georgia HB 208 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Mike Cheokas", "Philip Singleton", "Rick Jasperse", "Todd Jones"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-29"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba3c8ecb-1ad9-40df-84aa-a7b01cb065cd"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "ef171f925a84c7f75f4ebf995279e1fe4a9cade29f985fd1d4e0ea8dddebe82c"
+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 208 (2021_22) — State holidays; second Wednesday of February of each year as National Swearing-in Day in Georgia; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to provide that the second Wednesday of February of each year shall be designated as "National Swearing-in Day" in Georgia; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; 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 208/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202467.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 0790S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197497.pdf)
+3. **LC 47 0790S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196906.pdf)
+4. **LC 48 0303/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196351.pdf)
+5. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200619.pdf)
+6. **Sen floor amend 1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200626.pdf)
+7. **Senate amend to HB 208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200692.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
+- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
+- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
+- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+- Todd Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-29** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-17** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Act 142 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba3c8ecb-1ad9-40df-84aa-a7b01cb065cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+