---
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).