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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Georgia Colonel; appoint honorary title for life; authorize the Governor"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 38-2-111 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to personal aides-de-camp, appointments, commissions, length of service, and duties, so as to authorize the Governor to appoint honorary Georgia Colonels for life; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "SB 337"
+citation: "Georgia SB 337 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Chuck Payne", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-08"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3a89492-6c9f-4c90-a3d7-20cdf175275e"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "05e44e806f2d6aa429256634388f2ea8d0e751dacd7c222f9d131df2b25e35c7"
+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 337 (2023_24) — Georgia Colonel; appoint honorary title for life; authorize the Governor
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 38-2-111 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to personal aides-de-camp, appointments, commissions, length of service, and duties, so as to authorize the Governor to appoint honorary Georgia Colonels for life; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222241.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 46 0684** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220859.pdf)
+3. **LC 46 0829S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225937.pdf)
+4. **SB 337/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227697.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #670 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #684 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #439 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
+- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
+- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-08** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-01-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-29** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-03-18** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Act 608 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3a89492-6c9f-4c90-a3d7-20cdf175275e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+