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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Code Of Georgia; enactment of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to revise provisions relating to the enactment of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to clarify the portions of the Code which have the effect of law; to clarify the matter included in the Code that does not have the effect of law; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Code Revision Commission, so as to clarify the oversight of the commission with respect to state content; to clarify the oversight of the commission with respect to supplementary content; to revise a provision relating to copyright of the Code; 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: "SB 238"
+citation: "Georgia SB 238 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-23"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57d24e66-d372-4b17-9c40-b8c38273441d"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "17655bbc321f40a88cd9dd53ec2578578e03f1e8b4a67ee5e203f9d22f8248cb"
+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 SB 238 (2021_22) — Code Of Georgia; enactment of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to revise provisions relating to the enactment of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to clarify the portions of the Code which have the effect of law; to clarify the matter included in the Code that does not have the effect of law; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Code Revision Commission, so as to clarify the oversight of the commission with respect to state content; to clarify the oversight of the commission with respect to supplementary content; to revise a provision relating to copyright of the Code; 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. **As introduced LC 33 8590** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198511.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199881.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 8779S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200691.pdf)
+4. **SB 238/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201823.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-23** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-02-24** 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`
+- **2021-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-10** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-10** Act 306 `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/57d24e66-d372-4b17-9c40-b8c38273441d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+