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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Original 33 Memorial Act; enact"
+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 to honor the Original 33; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 303"
+citation: "Georgia HB 303 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Billy Mitchell", "Carl Gilliard", "Derrick Jackson", "Inga Willis", "Karen Lupton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43f214f6-c4ac-4f70-a9b0-d956213e5b19"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4c939ed7d5668843154457080ce9be1c7bc3d50aacf95c9623ebc9e06a8e3db4"
+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 303 (2025_26) — Original 33 Memorial Act; enact
+
+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 to honor the Original 33; to provide for a short title; 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 303/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238502.pdf)
+2. **LC 60 0065/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231517.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #122 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #351 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
+- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
+- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
+- Inga Willis — primary (person)
+- Karen Lupton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-01** Act 47 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43f214f6-c4ac-4f70-a9b0-d956213e5b19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+