---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government; provide that Georgia shall be a\"Purple Heart State\""
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other state symbols, so as to provide that Georgia shall be a \"Purple Heart State\"; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 276"
citation: "Georgia SB 276 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curt Thompson", "Ed Harbison", "Hunter Hill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-28"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5e18477-d696-4eea-81a4-c9bbbf31d913"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0d46d4b98e538a1f6617198baa1f4bef43a1d3fcfa811188281858a8e6e9692c"
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 276 (2013_14) — State Government; provide that Georgia shall be a"Purple Heart State"

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other state symbols, so as to provide that Georgia shall be a "Purple Heart State"; 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 21 2183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136799.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141800.pdf)
3. **LC 34 4256S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143435.pdf)
4. **SB 276/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144995.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Curt Thompson — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Hunter Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-03-28** Senate Hopper
- **2013-03-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-26** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-26** Act 630 `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/d5e18477-d696-4eea-81a4-c9bbbf31d913`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).