---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Legacy Program; create Joint Study Committee"
description: "A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on the Georgia Legacy Program; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SR 896"
citation: "Georgia SR 896 (2013_14)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Jeffares", "Ross Tolleson", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-10"
last_action: "2014-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ef42c79-ceb2-4466-8cfc-8cf185e75ffe"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "61e5b7fe630ed345f88ebe67ae1dd0d3c2a8a3133e200a86a97270b51c5d7050"
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 SR 896 (2013_14) — Georgia Legacy Program; create Joint Study Committee

A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on the Georgia Legacy Program; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Adopted Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141789.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 40 0545** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139409.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141864.pdf)
4. **SR 896/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143744.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPTION AS AMENDED — **49–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-10** Senate Hopper
- **2014-02-11** 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 As Amended `passage`
- **2014-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-11** House Postponed
- **2014-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-22** Act 600 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-22** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ef42c79-ceb2-4466-8cfc-8cf185e75ffe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).